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Furosemide stops race horses bleeding into lungs
A drug banned in Australian horse racing significantly reduces the risk of bleeding in to the lungs in thoroughbreds during racing, a groundbreaking study has found.

Australian first study to reduce Alzheimer’s symptoms through exercise
An Australian first study will test whether physical activity can improve the memory and wellbeing of sufferers of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).


The University of Melbourne Voice

The present is past ... the future has arrived
Do we have the ideas to meet the unprecedented challenge of climate change? Laureate Professor Peter Doherty believes humanity is being forced to face its very future for the first time.

The ideas man
Professor Peter Rathjen believes the removal of barriers to new ideas and a ten-year outlook for emerging institutes will give us the tools to cope with a challenging future. As told to Shane Cahill.


Melbourne Update

Vol. 6, No. 11
Higher education challenges for 2008 and beyond


Staff News

Staff News 364, July 3 2009
News of interest to staff of the University of Melbourne


Research Review

Reporting on the University's research achievements and the latest in research news.


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