Welcome to the April issue of Pathway, a monthly magazine designed for anyone interested in their health and wellbeing and in the integral role that pathology plays in the diagnosis, treatment and management of diseases.
This month’s issue of Pathway looks at the following:
Although few are being performed in AUNZ, COVID-19 autopsies have played an important role in increasing the understanding of the multisystem effects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Phage therapy in the fight against antibiotic resistance
Phage therapy is proving to be an attractive alternative to antibiotics due to its activity against antibiotic-resistant pathogens and lack of serious side effects.
Challenges of undiagnosed or rare genetic conditions
Although collectively, rare diseases are more common than diabetes, until recently they have been neglected by health providers, policy makers and research grants.
A/Prof Steven Lane believes that the key to improving survival rates in leukemia patients could lie in the genetic fingerprints of the blood cancer stem cells that proliferate the disease.
