Global Health 2019

Doctors found people weren't willing to take their advice this year, despite the lives claimed by the measles epidemic, the spread of polio and the availability of new vaccines for another Ebola outbreak in Africa.

Your ‘gut microbiome’ is made up of the trillions of microorganisms and their genetic material that live in your intestinal tract. Source: Getty Image

Shenzhen scientist, He Jianku's revelation at a conference of the world's leading geneticists that led to a universal outcry.

His claim to have altered the genes of twin baby girls to enable them to resist future HIV infection. It led to pioneers in genetics to call for a five year moratorium on altering the genes of babies.

Dr He Jiangkui from the Southern University of Science and Technology in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen Source: AP

Scientists in Israel have revealed what they say is the world's first 3D-printed heart, using human tissue.

It's hoped the small heart will pave the way for transplants without donors, when every hospital might have access to 3D organ printers.

Israeli scientists in Tel Aviv have created a human heart that completely matches all the anatomical properties of a human patient, using a 3D printer. Source: Getty Images

 

Researchers behind an Australian-led medical trial say they’ve discovered a new treatment for Lupus, a debilitating autoimmune disease affects around 20,000 Australians - for which there is no cure.

The results of a drug trial led by Professor Eric Morand from Monash University have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Lupus anticoagulants on a surgical tray. Source: Science Photo Library RF