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A collection of data extracted from more than 1000 paediatric brain tumour samples will improve Hudson Institute scientists’ ability to tackle childhood brain cancer through targeted therapies. The new Paediatric Brain Tumour Atlas (PBTA), launched by the US-based Children’s Brain Tumour Tissue Consortium (CBTTC) on Monday, includes data collected from 30 unique childhood brain tumour…  Read more

Women with healthy, low-risk pregnancies who had a homebirth had comparable rates of stillbirth to those who had a hospital birth.…  Read more

A new study has identified a genetic mutation that could be linked to an aggressive type of ovarian cancer driven by hormones. A team of scientists at Hudson Institute of Medical Research, with collaborators at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the University of Western Australia, used large-scale genome sequencing to map the tumour genome…  Read more

Welcome to Dr Minni (Minna-Liisa) Änkö, who joins Hudson Institute of Medical Research as head of the RNA Biology in Health and Disease laboratory. Dr Änkö is an expert in RNA biology, and joins the Institute from the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) at Monash University. Dr Änkö’s laboratory will focus on understanding how the…  Read more

Researchers and students have pitched their innovative ‘Big Ideas’ tackling health conditions ranging from tackling Legionnaires disease to improving exercise science to a panel of research and commercialisation experts. It was all part of the Next Big Idea Award on August 30, which aims to encourage, reward and facilitate commercially focused innovation among our PhD…  Read more

For the first time, doctors and researchers have captured moving ultrasound images of the lungs of newborn babies as they take their first breaths. The world-first research, involving Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Monash University and the Royal Women’s Hospital, is a breakthrough in understanding how human lungs transition from the womb to taking the…  Read more

Two talented Hudson Institute, Centre for Reproductive Health, PhD student researchers were successful award recipients at the SRB August 2018 Conference held in Adelaide. Anastasia Christine Kauerhof, exchange IRTG PhD student from Giessen Liebig University, Germany, won the Hudson Institute ECR Award for her poster, entitled: ‘Investigation of intratesticular inflammatory responses in humans and mice…  Read more

Lung fibrosis patients could soon inhale ‘droplets’ of tiny particles derived from stem-like cells found in the human placenta in an effort to repair ‘irreversible’ deadly scarring of the lungs, thanks to world-first research. The regenerative medicine treatment could one day form an alternative for patients with the disease who aren’t eligible for a life-saving…  Read more

PhD student Aidan Kashyap, who is progressing research to help babies born with underdeveloped lungs, was awarded a Young Scientist Research Prize in Biomedical Sciences by the Royal Society of Victoria on 16 August. The awards recognise excellence in Victoria’s early career scientists. Prizes were open to Victorian students in their final year of PhD…  Read more

A species of desert mouse has a menstrual cycle that is more similar to women than previously thought, according to a new study by Hudson Institute of Medical Research scientists. The spiny mouse could be key to understanding why some women develop endometriosis and exceptionally heavy, painful periods. The findings of the study by Dr…  Read more