By John (Eddie) La Marca, Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
Sarah Diepstraten, Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
Beloved Australian actor, Magda Szubanski, has revealed she’s been diagnosed with a “very rare, very aggressive, very serious” blood cancer called mantle cell lymphoma.
In a post on social media on Thursday, Szubanski said she would be starting treatment in a few weeks for the stage 4 cancer, which she called “one of the nasty ones, unfortunately”.
So, what is mantle cell lymphoma? And how is it treated?
What is mantle cell lymphoma?
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By Yi Fei Chung, PhD Candidate in Environmental Policy, The University of Queensland
Jonathan Rhodes, Professor & Director, QUT Centre for Environment and Society, Queensland University of Technology
New research reveals only 44% of biodiversity offset policies and 27% of voluntary conservation programs consider climate risk. These 3 practical steps can help.
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By Ayda Kuluk, PhD Candidate in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
New research tracking more than 80,000 Queenslanders from birth to adulthood reveals the differences between men and women in patterns of criminal behaviour.
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By Sara Webb, Lecturer, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
The Starship program has already experienced more failures than many other space missions in the past. Will it ever see success – and if so when?
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By Amnesty International
Huthi de facto authorities should immediately and unconditionally release dozens of staff from the UN, and Yemeni and international civil society organizations who were arbitrarily detained over the course of the past year, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The Huthis’ arbitrary arrests of humanitarian workers have a direct impact on the delivery […] The post Yemen: A year on, Huthis must free UN, civil society staff appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Yi Yang, Research Fellow, Social Epidemiology, Melbourne Disability Institute, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
George Disney, Research Fellow, Social Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne
Kirsten Deane, Deputy Director, Melbourne Disability Institute, The University of Melbourne
People with disability are more likely to die from cancer than the overall population. Here’s how we can shift this striking inequity.
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By Joshua Gilbert, Researcher (Indigenous Policy) Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research, University of Technology Sydney
For millennia, writes Joshua Gilbert, Indigenous people had a systematic way of organising the land. Where are their voices in discussions of sustainable farming?
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By Kate Booth, Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Tasmania
Right now, it’s not insurance companies we should worry about. It is the unfolding, real-time collapse of insurance for households, businesses and communities.
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By Armin Alimardani, Senior Lecturer in Law and Emerging Technologies, University of Wollongong
Emma A. Jane, Associate Professor, School of Arts and Media, UNSW Sydney
Researchers developed an educational chatbot to help law students and save time. But the AI kept giving inaccurate, misleading and even incorrect feedback.
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By Zena Assaad, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Australian National University
Google recently unveiled the next phase of its artificial intelligence (AI) journey: “AI mode”.
This new feature will soon be released as a new option to users of Google’s search engine in the United States, with no timeline yet for the rest of the world. The company says it will be akin to having a conversation with an expert well versed on a wide range of…
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