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...tailored to fight off chlamydia in order to monitor their response to the infection. So far, researchers at QUT have pinpointed several proteins that could be used in a chlamydia vaccine. Timms hopes to begin testing the vaccine on koalas this month. According to Timms, over half of Australia??s koalas are infected with chlamydia. Guinea pig trials, with actual guinea pigs, will hopefully follow in 2008. “The idea is to be able to model the immune system and then test some vaccines that the Australians have underway to see if they can actually protect...
Since Kate Riedl’s documentary “The Man Who Saved a Million Brains” aired on Australia??s ABC channel in 2005, the country has seen a huge spike—75 percent—in iodized salt sales. Riedl’s film chronicles Professor Cres Eastman’s fight against Iodine Deficiency Disorder, a disease that can cause retardation, deafness, and skeletal and superficial deformation. Riedl’s will be one of 15 contemporary documentaries screening in Cambridge this weekend as part of the United Nations Association Traveling Film...
...some friendly competition against some of tennis’ all-time greats from their respective countries; sophomore Chris Clayton played a set with American great John McEnroe, outgoing co-captain senior Gideon Valkin hit with one-time world No. 6 Wayne Ferreira, and freshman Michael Hayes played with Australia??s Pat Cash and Todd Martin. Hayes won at Wimbledon in 1987 and Martin was once ranked as high as fourth in the world. [PLEASE SEE CORRECTION BELOW.] The tennis stars were in Boston for an benefit tournament and banquet in early...
...nearly 60 years ago, do not live in the desolate “camp” implied by the children. In actuality, they live in concrete and stone houses, and there are shops, schools, and many other amenities which make this area a town. Even Green Left—Australia??s “leading radical newspaper”—reports that prior to 2006, the Israeli army had not entered the town since mid-2004. In the last year, there have been several operations in which the IDF entered Balata seeking known or suspected terrorists...
...earth-shatteringly original, but it’s the sort of bouncy song that makes you want to be five years old again, dancing around in the living room with your dad. The lyrics don’t match the bubbly melody. They have nothing to do with Australia??they’re all about frustration with a dead-end life. McCormick apparently couldn’t resist the juxtaposition of Mercer’s lines “Been alone since you were 21 / You haven’t laughed since January” with a shot...