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Hair woes are receding

Scientists have moved closer to discovering a cure for baldness by growing patches of hairy human skin in a laboratory.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 20, 2020 a bottle and pills of Hydroxychloroquine sit on a counter at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah. - The World Health Organization announced on June 3, 2020 that clinical trials of the drug hydroxychloroquine will resume as it searches for potential coronavirus treatments. On May 25, the WHO announced it had temporarily suspended the trials to conduct a safety review, which has now concluded there is "no reason" to change the way the trials are conducted. The UN health agency's decision came after a study published in The Lancet medical journal suggesting the drug could increase the risk of death among COVID-19 patients. (Photo by GEORGE FREY / AFP)

Trump drug of choice back on test table

Researchers leading a trial testing the efficacy of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine will proceed with administering it to Australian coronavirus patients.

Natasha Robinson

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02/06/20 COVID patient David Kirton who used a home device called an oxymetre to measure his blood oxygen levels when he was recovering from COVID-19 at home. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Tech key to corona care at home

Doctors can monitor coronavirus patients remotely after clinicians developed a platform that keeps track of their symptoms at home.

Angelica Snowden

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(FILES) This file photo taken on August 13, 2014 shows dried bushmeat at the Ajegunle-Ikorodu market in Nigeria's largest city Lagos. - Like SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which killed hundreds in China and Hong Kong in 2002-03, Ebola also was traced to bats, while HIV has roots in African primates, and the so-called "bushmeat" trade, plus broader human encroachment on wild habitats, is bringing us into ever-closer contact with animal viruses that can spread rapidly. (Photo by Pius Utomi EKPEI / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-health-virus-animals,FOCUS by Dan Martin

‘Ban wildlife meat or face new crisis’

Pandemics caused by human abuse of wildlife could be the tipping point for the collapse of civilisation, a new paper says.

Graham Lloyd

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 14, 2009 Alberto Zangrillo, the personal doctor of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gives a press conference at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan. - A claim by a leading Italian doctor that the new coronavirus "no longer exists" in the country sparked a furore on une 1, 2020, with the government urging caution. "In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy," said Alberto Zangrillo, head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, the capital of the northern Lombardy region, which has been the worst-hit by the pandemic. (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP)

Weaker corona theory rejected

Doctors in Australia are rejecting a theory put forward by two Italian physicians that the coronavirus is losing its potency.

Natasha Robinson and CRISPIAN BALMER

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Bid to identify most effective treatments

Monash University scientists are leading a clinical trial in a bid to identify the fastest and most effective treatment to cure critically ill COVID-19 patients.

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This photo provided by NASA shows the crew of SpaceX entering the International Space Station, Sunday, May 31, 2020. The Dragon capsule arrived Sunday morning, hours after a historic liftoff from Florida. It's the first time that a privately built and owned spacecraft has delivered a crew to the orbiting lab. (NASA via AP)

Smooth docking for SpaceX pair

SpaceX delivers two astronauts to the International Space Station, following up a historic lift-off with an equally smooth docking.

Marcia Dunn

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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - MAY 30: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches into space with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (R) and Doug Hurley aboard the rocket from the Kennedy Space Center on May 30, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The inaugural flight is the first manned mission since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 to be launched into space from the United States. Saul Martinez/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

SpaceX astronauts blast into orbit

Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket carrying two American astronauts has blasted off from the Kennedy Space Centre, launching a new era of private spaceflight and a revival of the US space program.

Cameron Stewart

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27/05/2020 :L-R Dr Dale Murdoch with heart operation patient Nadeane Giles, who is in her 70's , and Dr Karl Poon, the Cardiologists who performed an Australian-first operation on her to replace a mitral valve in her heart without open heart surgery, at the Prince Charles Hospital, in Chermside, Brisbane. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

How to fix a broken heart?

Only a handful of cardiologists are skilled enough to manipulate a valve remotely from outside the body.

Natasha Robinson

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FILE - This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning doctors about a rare but serious condition in children linked with the coronavirus. In an alert issued Thursday, the CDC called the condition multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. (NIAID-RML via AP, File)

Young or female? Virus odds are better

A Chinese study has found that women and young people are less likely to become seriously ill with COVID-19.

Natasha Robinson

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Paul Garrott CEO of biotech company Marinova at Eaglehawk Neck on Tasmania's east coast where the company harvests Wakame seaweed to extract the compound fucoidan.21/05/2020photo by Peter Mathew

Entrepreneur rides antiviral research

A family-owned Tasmanian business built on a hunch is harvesting seaweed to feed demand for a coronavirus cure.

Matthew Denholm

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Water buffalo in Northern Australia Credit Peter Cooke

CSIRO tracks feral animals from space

CSIRO has launched an ambitious hi-tech animal space-tracking program.

Chris Griffith

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Female surgeon wearing surgical mask. Skilled doctor is working in operating room. She is in hospital.

All-new female formula: just add anyone

Anyone can be a woman, according to Australia’s top science body.

Bernard Lane

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(FILES) In this file photo Dr. Nita Patel, Director of Antibody discovery and Vaccine development, lifts a vial with a potential coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine at Novavax labs in Rockville, Maryland on March 20, 2020, one of the labs developing a vaccine for the coronavirus, COVID-19. - US authorities warned healthcare and scientific researchers May 13, 2020 that Chinese-backed hackers were attempting to steal research and intellectual property related to treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. Organizations researching the disease were warned of "likely targeting and network compromise by the People's Republic of China," a statement from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said."China's efforts to target these sectors pose a significant threat to our nations response to COVID-19," they said. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Human trials begin for vaccine

The first human trials of a COVID-19 vaccine in Australia have officially begun.

Natasha Robinson

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Dr Charmaine Gittleson Chief Medical Officer of CSL Limited addresses the media during a press conference in Frankston, Melbourne, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Lifeblood has announced it will start collecting convalescent plasma to aid the fight against COVID-19. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

CSL aims to cover Australia

Vaccine manufacturer CSL has plans in place to manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine onshore.

Natasha Robinson

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Vaccine. Covid-19 Covax Ex Australian Army soldier Chris Turner 32 will be part of trialling the new Covax vaccine at Flinders Medical centre.Sunday 24 May 2020 Pic Roy Van Der Vegt

Ex-Digger raises hand for vaccine

Chris Turner retired hurt from the military, but now he’s found a new public service.

Natasha Robinson

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TOPSHOT - In this image released by Space X, the Crew Dragon spacecraft and the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket are pictured at Launch Complex 39A on May 21, 2020, as preparations continue for the Demo-2 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. - The Crew Dragon will take off from Kennedy on May 27 with help from SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and dock at the ISS. (Photo by - / SPACEX / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SPACE X " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Going where no one has before in style

The first astronauts launched by SpaceX break new ground for style with spacesuits, gull-wing Teslas and a sleek rocketship.

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EMBARGO FOR TWAM 23 MAY 2020 FEE APPLIES Scott Morrison visits Peter Doherty lab attended by Mike Cattan Pic : UNSW

‘This virus doesn’t want to kill us’

On COVID-19, we are in an enviable position. This is the inside story of how Australian scientists got the jump on the world.

Ricky French

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22/05/2020: PhD student Harry Al-Wassiti from Monash University's Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, with live Vaccine culture that they will use to test on the Covid-19 virus. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Aussies go for vaccine trifecta

A team of Melbourne researchers has created three vaccine candidates for COVID-19 using gene sequencing.

Natasha Robinson

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A handout photo released on May 18, 2020 by the European Southern Observatory shows the disc around the young AB Aurigae star, where ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has spotted signs of planet birth. - Close to the centre of the image, in the inner region of the disc, we see the 'twist' (in very bright yellow) that scientists believe marks the spot where a planet is forming. This twist lies at about the same distance from the AB Aurigae star as Neptune from the Sun. The image was obtained with the VLT's SPHERE instrument in polarised light. (Photo by - / European Southern Observatory / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY/Boccaletti et al" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Stargazers look from here to maternity

Astronomers have gazed into what appears to be a planetary maternity ward, observing for the first time a planet being born.

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