Making ideas a reality: optimising healthtech innovation in Australia

In Australia, there is a wealth of opportunity to accelerate innovation in healthtech. It is well known that Australia's healthcare system has the right ecosystem to support new ideas into reality. Surgeons together with academia play a significant role in democratising innovative solutions. However, we are learning it takes many actors and contributors to ensure the process is clearer into the future by addressing barriers, incentivising innovation and creating systemic frameworks.

The Case for Basic Biological Research

The majority of biomedical and biological research relies on a few molecular biology techniques. Here we show that eight key molecular biology techniques would not exist without basic biological research. We also find that the scientific reward system does not sufficiently value basic biological research into molecular mechanisms.

Science and the Great Challenges for Society

"… What is the purpose of science? Science is not only a method to solve problems but to identify them, thus regarding it as a servant of our civilization is to only half understand its potential. Science is far more one of the pillars of our civilization as it represents the institutionalization of the willingness to learn …" Find out more in the Editorial by Jürgen Kaube.