News and events

02 May 2024

How corporations harm your health through everyday products - a history

We think we control our health but corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods have a much greater role, writes Dr Nick Chartres, senior research fellow at the University of Sydney with co-author Professor Lisa Bero from University of Colorado.

02 May 2024

Nanotech opens door to future of insulin medication

Research led by the University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District has developed a new type of oral insulin based on nanotechnology. In the future, it could offer the 75 million people worldwide who use insulin for diabetes a more effective and needle-free alternative.

01 May 2024

University of Sydney researchers awarded Australian Government grants

The Australian Government has awarded University of Sydney researchers $11m in funding over four years to improve health in the Asia-Pacific region.

01 May 2024

NHMRC partnership grants for Sydney health researchers

New NHRMC funding will help University of Sydney researchers work with partner organisations to address lower back pain and chronic wounds.

01 May 2024

Tsetse fly protein provides anti-clotting agent with its own on-off switch

A completely novel way to develop 'surpamolecules' for drug discovery could have application in immunotherapy as well as this breakthrough design for an anticoagulant with on-demand reversibility.