This year is the 60th anniversary of the discovery of DNA’s structure, but DNA’s best years are yet to come, according to Andi Horvath, who explores progress to date in understanding our genetic core.

Professor John Hamilton has dedicated much of his professional and adult life pursuing the elimination of arthritic pain. He spoke to Elizabeth Brumby about how high quality research, long-term commitment and effective collaboration over the past 30 years has resulted in successful clinical outcomes.

With AFL football finals on the horizon, research from the Melbourne School of Engineering that offers athletes a crystal-ball approach to maintaining optimal wellness of vulnerable knees and joints is making a difference to at least one football club. By Annie Rahilly.

Rebecca Scott shares the experiences of a family carer and how new strategies have improved the lives of those caring for the terminally ill, and for people who want to die at home.

We’re swimming in food but we’re not eating well, and our waistlines are steadily expanding. Has the developed world lost the plot when it comes to nutrition?  And is the developing world far behind us with a tide of obesity and associated diseases? Katherine Smith speaks to expert Gyorgy Scrinis on the sociology and politics of nutrition about problems with what he has termed “nutritionism”, as well as to a group of young ‘activists’ who are imagining a world free from non-communicable diseases.

Liz Banks-Anderson spoke recently with one of the world’s leading experts on social determinants to health and wellbeing about the best ways to invest public health dollars.