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  • Claire Sun

    Love Your Sister funding helping big data project crack the code of kids’ cancer

    There’s a BEACON of hope for kids with cancer, as data specialists at Hudson Institute of Medical Research embark on an exciting new discovery project, thanks to funding from the cancer medical research charity, Love Your Sister.…  Read more

  • Dr Hamid Bidkhori

    POP prevention project receives MRFF research grant

    A new prevention treatment for a condition that’s been called “a hidden pandemic” has attracted significant funding in the 2025 MRFF Early to Mid-Career Researchers grant round.…  Read more

  • Preterm Baby

    Can cord-blood stem cells prevent brain damage in preterm babies?

    Newborn health specialists from Hudson Institute of Medical Research are working with colleagues at Monash University and Monash Health on a potentially game-changing treatment for brain injuries in preterm babies using stem cells from cord blood donated by families after the birth of a full-term baby.…  Read more

  • Jim Vadolas and Shahla Vilcassim sq

    Shifting the dial in Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) treatment

    Our study is among the first to demonstrate a direct mechanistic link between dysregulated iron homeostasis and inflammasome-driven inflammation in MDS.…  Read more

  • Dr Claire Xin Sun is a member of the Cancer Genetics and Functional Genomics Research group in the Centre for Cancer Research.

    Hudson AI & epigenetics expert named CoLab Future Leaders Fellow

    Dr Claire Sun from Hudson Institute of Medical Research has been awarded a prestigious Children’s Cancer CoLab Mid-Career Researcher Future Leader Fellowship.…  Read more

  • Miranda Davies-Tuck Sq

    Studying menstruation as a window to pregnancy & reproductive health

    A group of Hudson Institute and Monash University researchers is among the few in the world studying how menstruation – when it starts, its frequency and reliability, and whether it is painful, heavy or light – affects a woman’s likelihood of developing complications in pregnancy.  It’s a rare venture into the potential link between a…  Read more

  • Richard Ferrero and Jack Emery

    World first: How H. pylori uses extracellular vesicles to drive stomach cancer

    Hudson Institute researchers have uncovered a world first mechanism showing how H. pylori uses extracellular vesicles to deliver the virulence factor Tipα into human cells. The discovery reshapes our understanding of stomach cancer development and opens new pathways for early detection, diagnostics and prevention.…  Read more

  • Associate Professor Pouya Faridi

    Hudson researcher in global team uncovering hidden proteins

    An international consortium of scientists has published a groundbreaking study in the journal Nature, revealing a ‘consensus landscape’ of the human microproteome and identifying thousands of previously hidden microproteins. Among the global experts of the TransCODE Consortium was Hudson Institute’s Associate Professor Pouya Faridi, the sole Australian researcher to contribute to this significant scientific milestone.…  Read more

  • Dr Sharmony Kelly and Dr Rob Galinsky

    More evidence that anakinra helps repair the newborn brain

    A treatment already being trialled to reduce the impacts of perinatal inflammation on the newborn brain appears to be more effective than first thought. Scientists at Hudson Institute of Medical Research, working with Monash University and Monash Health, have been trialling the anti-inflammatory drug anakinra to restore healthy brain development in babies at high risk of…  Read more

  • Prof Elizabeth Hartland AM

    Hudson News Winter 2026: Director’s message

    Across our laboratories at Hudson Institute, new ideas are taking shape and breakthroughs are within reach. Our discoveries, and your generosity, are creating real momentum for families facing some of the most challenging health conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).…  Read more

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