The pharmacokinetics research team at Curtin is working to address prevalent diseases in vulnerable communities. Malaria and rheumatic heart disease are two of their focus areas.
A team of Curtin University researchers is conducting novel research that combines a variety of tests to try to predict whether a concussion patient will recover normally or face lasting symptoms.
Curtin’s Liver Disease and Regeneration Group is investigating how to hijack the liver’s cell-communication system to mediate liver regeneration instead of disease progression and cancer.
Curtin researchers are examining how ageing impairs the immune system’s ability to fight cancer. They are also exploring novel immunotherapies that could help treat cancer in elderly patients.
Curtin researchers have also discovered that an odourless aged extract of the root vegetable may help reduce the risk of developing, and even reverse the effects of, Alzheimer’s disease.