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  • Professor Bryan Williams, along with Institute researchers have identified a key immune molecule that could underpin a bowel cancer breakthrough.

    Molecule heralds a microscopic bowel cancer breakthrough

    The immune system wages a constant war against disease in all of us, and now researchers have identified a key immune molecule that could underpin a bowel cancer breakthrough.…  Read more

  • Dr Catherine Carmichael answers frequently asked questions about blood cancer.

    Blood cancer: ask the researcher

    Dr Catherine Carmichael answers frequently asked questions about blood cancer. Dr Carmichael is a molecular cancer biologist and Head of the Leukaemia Modelling and Therapeutic Discovery Research group within the Centre for Cancer Research at Hudson Institute.…  Read more

  • Dr Tayla Penny perinatal brain injury research has been awarded an early career research grant by the Jack Brockhoff Foundation.

    Philanthropy supports perinatal brain injury research

    Dr Tayla Penny’s perinatal brain injury research has been awarded a significant early career research grant. Dr Penny’s investigation of umbilical cord blood (UCB) cell therapy for perinatal brain injury was recognised by the Jack Brockhoff Foundation as a worthy recipient of a $75,000 grant.…  Read more

  • Professor Brendan Jenkins works on being able to turn off the actions of the immune system that damage the lungs, opening up the possibility of slowing emphysema development.

    Big step toward slowing emphysema

    Researchers are closer than ever to being able to turn off the actions of the immune system that damage the lungs – opening up the possibility of slowing emphysema development.…  Read more

  • 2022 Young Women in Science program at Hudson Institute

    High school scientists inspired by introduction to the lab

    A squadron of high school scientists has spent a week at Hudson Institute exploring a future in STEM. Year 10 students from secondary schools throughout Melbourne’s south-east spent a week at the Clayton campus, each matched with a female mentor, being shown the ropes of a career in medical research.…  Read more

  • Dr Stacey Ellery and son

    Creatine and pregnancy: what you need to know

    As a research scientist with a decade of experience studying the role of creatine in maternal and child health, Dr Stacey Ellery is well qualified to discuss creatine and pregnancy.…  Read more

  • Dr Michael Gantier from the Nucleic Acids and Innate Immunity Research Group at Hudson Institute

    The RNA treatment revolution

    When he was 11 years old, Associate Professor Michael Gantier had a close shave with death. Failing to recover after having his appendix removed, he was rushed to emergency surgery where doctors discovered he had sepsis.…  Read more

  • Lachy Kinsella, climbing a tree and living life after battling childhood cancer at a very early age.

    Beating childhood cancers

    A world-class Melbourne collaboration is set to beat the worst childhood cancers. …  Read more

  • Professor Brendan Jenkins receives funding from the US Defense Department to work on upper gastrointestinal cancer research.

    US Defense Dept backs Aussie upper gastrointestinal cancer research

    If an army marches on its stomach, as the old saying goes, then the US Department of Defense (DoD) is investing wisely in Australian upper gastrointestinal cancer research.…  Read more

  • Margaret Bright, Hudson Institute's long-term support.

    Reputation connects long-term supporter

    After a 50-year career in science, including leadership of the chronic disease epidemiology team in Queensland, Margaret Bright has remained connected to Hudson Institute as a supporter and has maintained great affection for the research and its reputation among scientists.…  Read more

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