Being told you have Parkinson's disease is confronting and life-changing

Autonomous nanomachines inspired by nature

UNSW Sydney researchers are another step closer to building molecular machines capable of responding to changes in their environment to perform complex functions.

Funding support for early detection of Parkinson's disease

A UNSW Sydney-led consortium has secured a $1.37 million grant from the Michael J. Fox and Shake It Up Australia Foundations.

New research provides mechanistic insight into tuning of immune responses

By uncovering an enduring mystery around how activation signals are modulated in immune cells, scientist find a potential guide to designing more effective immune therapies.

New microscopy technique reveals living cells in 3D molecular detail

Living cells can now be visualised in three-dimensional molecular detail, enabling new insights to cellular structure and function.

Explaining the 2021 Nobel prizes: how touch works, a better way to make medicine and the fiction of Abdulrazak Gurnah – podcast

Six prize announcements later, 12 men and one woman from 11 countries are now settling down to their new lives as Nobel laureates. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we delve into the scientific discoveries around touch and organic catalysts awarded the 2021 prizes in medicine and chemistry.

Visualising gene regulation to help reveal the mechanisms behind it

By visualising different proteins expressed within single cells, Scott Berry is setting out to decipher the basic mechanisms that control gene expression.

How do you feel? Your 'sense of touch' is several different senses rolled into one

We have more than five senses. What you might think of as your sense of “touch” is actually a range of different sensory pathways that allow you to distinguish various types of mechanical forces, to detect changes in temperature, and to feel pain.

What does space travel do to our cells?

UNSW Sydney scientists are exploring the effects of microgravity – the condition where people or objects seem to be weightless – on mammalian cells.

'I was 44 years old when diagnosed with Parkinson's disease': Parkinson’s Awareness Month

Darren's diagnosis took two years, but a new Parkinson's disease detection method developed by UNSW researchers could enable an early and accurate diagnosis. In its current form, the new detection method takes five hours.

Fishing for new HIV therapeutic targets using capsid as bait

UNSW Sydney researchers have created a method of rapidly detecting and characterising molecules used by HIV to orchestrate infection.

Early and reliable detection of Parkinson's disease in cerebrospinal fluid

New detection method developed by Sydney scientists could enable early, accurate diagnosis for Parkinson’s disease.