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Chronic or acute inflammation can contribute to a range of ailments – some potentially deadly – including stroke, respiratory and heart disease, cancer, arthritis, asthma, dementia, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes.…  Read more

Professor Suzanne Miller, scientific leader in fetal and neonatal neurodevelopment, has been appointed as the new Head of The Ritchie Centre.…  Read more

A new insight into RNA regulation has taken researchers a big step forward in understanding how the body creates platelets.…  Read more

Researchers in Melbourne have uncovered a stomach cancer trigger, providing vital clues to the origins of the world’s third-most-common cancer.…  Read more

It’s always been accepted that the time of birth is a period of high risk, but new research shows that the developmental period in utero can be problematic for some babies, particularly those with low birth weight.…  Read more

Hudson Institute’s groundbreaking research into new anti-inflammatory treatments has attracted the support of the Victorian government, in recognition of its potential to treat COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.…  Read more

A tragic side-effect of chemotherapy might soon be a thing of the past, with researchers uncovering a vital pathway to restoring men’s fertility after cancer.…  Read more

Not even Covid-19 could stop a pioneer in the fight against rare ovarian cancers finishing his epic fundraising ride. In early May Dr Simon Chu took a break from the lab and put rubber on the road in the Ride4Research, aiming to cover 900km in 9 days from Canberra to Melbourne.…  Read more

Fertility concerns have eased among the children of IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), with new research showing little or no difference in male fertility levels among men born from ICSI.…  Read more

The enormous potential of RNA-based treatments for autoimmune diseases has been recognised by the Victorian government, with a new grant from the mRNA Victoria Research Acceleration Fund.…  Read more