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From space, Earth is the pale blue dot, where water covers almost three quarters of the planet's surface - it defines our world. Yet, we know more about the Moon and Mars than about our seas and oceans.
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- ABC News
Fatal shark attacks make news, but 'dozens' of bites are not reported
Shark attack survivors say a better system for reporting and tracking close calls is needed, as many potentially deadly encounters are not being recorded. The call comes as a 16-year-old boy remains in a serious condition in the Gold Coast University Hospital after he was mauled by what was believed to be a two-metre-long bull shark at Cabarita, on the New South Wales far north coast on Sunday. Gold Coast-based shark researcher Dr Daryl McPhee said attacks were more frequent than people realised, because minor incidents were often not reported. Mauling survivor Dave Pearson encouraged more surfers to report minor run-ins, to create a more accurate understanding of shark behaviour. Authorities conceded that without diligent reporting of shark encounters, there was no way of knowing how often attacks occurred. Dr McPhee, who is an associate professor of environmental science and Bond University, said he knew of minor attacks that went unrecorded. "You can never work out exactly how many, because by definition they are unreported, but it certainly does occur," he said. "They have happened in the ocean from divers poking or prodding something they shouldn't have poked or prodded, and then getting nipped and being a bit embarrassed by it." A surfer was bitten in the Gold Coast's Tallebudgera Creek in September last year and took himself to hospital with arm injuries. According to Queensland Health, five people have been treated for shark bites at Gold Coast hospitals in the past five years, but only two of them arrived by ambulance. In that time, only three incidents across the region — including the deadly 2020 attacks at Greenmount and Kingscliff, as well as the recent close call at Cabarita — made headlines. The Australian Shark-Incident Database (ASID) is the most comprehensive source of shark-bite information, and includes more than 1,200 cases dating back to 1791. The database is run by the Taronga Conservation Society with Flinders University and the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. For an incident to be included in ASID, there must be an attempt by the shark to bite a person either in the water or on a small non-motorised craft like a surfboard or kayak. Analysis of the data found the number of bites in Australia each year more than doubled between 2000 and 2020. Marine biologist and ASID project lead Madeline Thiele said the leading hypothesis was that the increase was driven by human population growth, along with the popularity of surfing and diving. Others believed the growth in shark numbers was to blame. Some shark-attack victims said the official statistics failed to capture incidents where surfers were knocked off their boards or chased out of the ocean. While such cases did not involve bites, survivors said the terrifying encounters should be recorded so authorities have a better understanding of shark behaviour. Dave Pearson almost lost his arm to a bull shark 14 years ago at Crowdy Head, about an hour south of Port Macquarie. He said his attack was almost identical to the one at Cabarita on Sunday. Then aged 48, Mr Pearson was knocked off his surfboard close to shore, pulled under by his arm, and then followed by the shark after the encounter. The quick thinking of other surfers who came to his aid and applied a tourniquet saved his arm. He never goes to the beach without a first aid kit and hands out tourniquets to other surfers at his local break. To help process the trauma, he founded Bite Club, a support network of shark attack survivors that now has 500 members worldwide. They share a close bond and keep in touch regularly. Mr Pearson said surfers and ocean swimmers were "certainly reporting a lot more sharks than we used to see". But, he said, there were many reasons why surfers chose not to report coming face-to-face with sharks, including a desire to not scare others, or harm tourism in their town. For a lot of people, however, the only way they could get back in the ocean was to forget the experience and pretend it never happened, he said. "But people need to be made aware of the amount of sharks out there so we can prepare for it."
The Advertiser
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Artificial Intelligence is could make all the difference for would-be parents undergoing IVF who are struggling with the most severe forms of male infertility. The first Australian study of new technology has led to one live birth and five pregnancies in 12 months among 35 couples who would previously be considered infertile. "These are the most difficult cases that we see at an IVF clinic, so it's very motivating to be able to help people that in a normal world, naturally would never ever be able to have their own children," IVF Australia embryologist Dale Goss told AAP. "It's great to see translation from a science project essentially a few years ago and a proof of concept into something that's delivered in the clinic and actually see a healthy baby boy born." The NeoGenix Biosciences employee presented the findings from the first AI SpermSearch clinical study to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference in Paris overnight. The system works by searching for the best sperm in semen samples taken from biopsies, offering embryologists another tool to select the most appropriate sperm to be used in IVF. Mr Gross said embryologists could often spend up to six hours looking for enough of the right tiny swimmers but the technology was shown to reduce search times by 75 per cent. "We found that our reducing the time to search, we were able to get through more samples, find more sperm and give these patients a better chance at having their own biological children," he said. The technology was given early access approval for research purposes at Sydney-based Virtus Health but Mr Goss hopes it could be approved for wider use across Australia by the end of the year. About 16 per cent of couples struggle with fertility, according to Family Planning NSW, while 1 in 18 babies in Australia are born through IVF each year. 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"When they told us that Rowan was infertile I thought 'oh my God I can't have a child with Rowan being the father biologically' and then they said 'no, it's not like that, we can still do it'," Ms Moon said. Mr Moon had a biopsy as a day procedure and doctors took a sample, which was then used to create embryos. The first transfer was hailed a success and the couple later welcomed son Leo. "We were so lucky to get Leo first off the bat ... I don't think we really realised the rollercoaster that it was going to be," Mr Moon said. Artificial Intelligence is could make all the difference for would-be parents undergoing IVF who are struggling with the most severe forms of male infertility. The first Australian study of new technology has led to one live birth and five pregnancies in 12 months among 35 couples who would previously be considered infertile. 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West Australian
12 hours ago
- West Australian
AI gives birth to fresh hope against male infertility
Artificial Intelligence is could make all the difference for would-be parents undergoing IVF who are struggling with the most severe forms of male infertility. The first Australian study of new technology has led to one live birth and five pregnancies in 12 months among 35 couples who would previously be considered infertile. "These are the most difficult cases that we see at an IVF clinic, so it's very motivating to be able to help people that in a normal world, naturally would never ever be able to have their own children," IVF Australia embryologist Dale Goss told AAP. "It's great to see translation from a science project essentially a few years ago and a proof of concept into something that's delivered in the clinic and actually see a healthy baby boy born." The NeoGenix Biosciences employee presented the findings from the first AI SpermSearch clinical study to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference in Paris overnight. The system works by searching for the best sperm in semen samples taken from biopsies, offering embryologists another tool to select the most appropriate sperm to be used in IVF. Mr Gross said embryologists could often spend up to six hours looking for enough of the right tiny swimmers but the technology was shown to reduce search times by 75 per cent. "We found that our reducing the time to search, we were able to get through more samples, find more sperm and give these patients a better chance at having their own biological children," he said. The technology was given early access approval for research purposes at Sydney-based Virtus Health but Mr Goss hopes it could be approved for wider use across Australia by the end of the year. About 16 per cent of couples struggle with fertility, according to Family Planning NSW, while 1 in 18 babies in Australia are born through IVF each year. NSW couple Marcela and Rowan Moon experienced infertility until tests confirmed Mr Moon's semen had no sperm because of a genetic condition. "When they told us that Rowan was infertile I thought 'oh my God I can't have a child with Rowan being the father biologically' and then they said 'no, it's not like that, we can still do it'," Ms Moon said. Mr Moon had a biopsy as a day procedure and doctors took a sample, which was then used to create embryos. The first transfer was hailed a success and the couple later welcomed son Leo. "We were so lucky to get Leo first off the bat ... I don't think we really realised the rollercoaster that it was going to be," Mr Moon said.
