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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

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

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

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

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

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

There are only a few good reasons why a child might be seen in a Hudson Institute lab.…  Read more

Tiny fragments of RNA, once thought to be molecular waste, could spawn a new class of treatments for debilitating autoimmune and auto-inflammatory diseases.…  Read more

Many childhood cancers are so rare that researchers simply don’t have precise models to study them. Our renewable patient-derived tumour models change that. …  Read more

There is a paradox in the funding of Hudson Institute’s newborn health research. Rather than curing existing diseases, the success of this research is seen in the absence of illness.…  Read more