Two eminent UWA researchers – Professor Bob Bucat and Winthrop Professor Colin Raston – have featured in front page articles of the national magazine Chemistry in Australia published by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

Tea tree oil may be used in future as a fast, cheap, safe and effective treatment for non-melanoma skin cancers and pre-cancerous lesions, according to UWA researchers.

A patient card being distributed to metropolitan pharmacies across Western Australia this month will give people with asthma more control over their asthma and may save lives.

PhD student Holly McClellan has been utilising ultrasound imaging to help discover why breastfeeding can be such a painful and distressing time for some mothers.

Although breastfeeding is a practice that’s been around for aeons, it appears there’s still a lot we don’t know about it.

All mammal species feed their young a unique composition of milk that promotes optimal immunity and development. Most mammals are born with the ability to co-ordinate sucking, swallowing and breathing to remove milk from their mother’s nipple/teat.