Preventative Health Technology

CSIRO today welcomed the launch of the Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) as a national venture, supported by A$20 million in funding from the Federal and Queensland governments.

An internationally recognised authority in biostatistics, Harvard University Professor Louise Ryan, is working with CSIRO researchers to help improve the way statistics are used to detect disease outbreaks in Australia.

Find out about the cutting edge of cancer prevention and sports drug testing in these free lectures for high school science teachers and senior science students in New South Wales.

Information obtained during clinical treatment can be valuable for clinical and medical research, but accessing and querying it is complicated by the different ways it is collected and stored. CSIRO is creating software tools to solve these problems.

Healthcare researchers are flooded with data. They need help to retrieve, organise and analyse it. CSIRO information and communication technologies (ICT) scientists are providing new tools for the task.

Our researchers are testing injury prevention limb covers to prevent or reduce skin tears and other injuries. We are also developing advanced textiles with integrated sensing and response technologies to promote healing of burns, scars and ulcers.

The CSIRO fermentation group has particular expertise in mammalian cell fermentation and integrated delivery capabilities from molecular and cell biology to protein chemistry and structural biology.

The process of bi-component fibre extrusion to create new advanced fibres is illustrated in this video clip. (1:27)

In this video extract from the television program Catalyst, CSIRO's Dr Michael Fenech says that damage to the genome is a fundamental disease that can be diagnosed and treated. (8:00)

Dr Michael Fenech says genetic damage can occur after exposure to radiation, chemicals, or even naturally with age. Damaged genes could lead to the development of cancer and other degenerative diseases and he may have found a way to reduce this risk.

Dr Paul Jackway’s research in image analysis and automated microscopy is finding new ways to rapidly analyse cells and other biological samples with minimal human intervention.

A two-page article from Australian Medicine on the Preventative Health Flagship work on cancer prevention and detection tools.

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