#Health and Wellbeing

The Hungry Microbiome: why resistant starch is good for you

Bowel cancer is the second most common cancer in Australia. Research shows that eating fibre rich in resistant starch is […]

NovoSorb™ biodegradable polymer

Following their success with the development of the Elast-Eon® biocompatible polyurethane, Thilak Gunatillake and his colleagues at CSIRO Molecular & […]

Researcher at work in a bio-containment suit within AAHL

CSIRO Chairman’s Medal 2013 – The Hendra Virus Research Team

Dr Deborah Middleton and the Hendra Virus research team from the Division of Animal, Food and Health Sciences. For their pioneering research that has led to the development of the first equine vaccine and a human treatment against the deadly Hendra virus.

Researchers examining brain scans on computer screen.

Understanding Alzheimer’s disease (2013)

Alzheimer's disease affects over a quarter of a million Australians. We're using maths to try to understand how this disease […]

Atomic structure of the Alzheimer's disease Amyloid-β protein caged by four shark antibodies to stop uncontrolled amyloid plaque formation. Four interacting Amyloid-β fragments are outlined by grey atomic spheres.

Marking the markers of Alzheimer’s disease

Australian scientists are much closer to developing a screening test for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease. 23 May 2013 […]

Mr Dipak Bhandari, with a handheld digital device

Dial “D” for Diagnosis

Researchers are developing an inexpensive mobile-phone-based sensor that will allow users in developing countries to rapidly diagnose infectious disease such […]

_Anopholes albimanus_ mosquito feeding on a human arm

Aerogard

During the period 1938 to 1961 Doug Waterhouse carried out pioneering studies on the sheep blowfly, a major pest. This […]

CSIRO Medals 2006 – Chairman’s Medal – Colin Ward

Colin Ward and colleagues (CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies). For their landmark achievement of determining the molecular structure of the human insulin receptor, the protein on the surface of cells that mediates the effects of insulin.

CSIRO Medals 2005 – Research achievement – Total Wellbeing Diet research team

Manny Noakes, Peter Clifton and colleagues (CSIRO Health Sciences and Nutrition). For the body of scientific research that led to the development of the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet.