Professor Max Bennett is taking aim at brain disease. He believes that psychiatric and neurological researchers at Sydney University's new Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI) are in an unparalleled position to advance work on ameliorating degenerative brain conditions that cause so much mental suffering in the world.

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Australians who suffer a stroke can recover from loss of movement sooner thanks to the research of Associate Professor Nick O'Dwyer and his colleagues, who have made significant advances in the treatment of motor control problems, especially those exacerbated by disruption of the learning mechanism.

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In the past, the corner-shop chemist or pharmacist was a remote figure in a white coat, dealing out potions and pills and having little say in the process of their customers' treatment. But times have changed. The new generation of pharmacists is taking a far more active role,

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