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  • Breakthrough IBD treatment heads into clinical trials

    …infections, chronic inflammation and tissue damage. Until now this condition has been largely incurable. IBD treatment reaches clinical trial stage Current therapies are expensive, unreliable and have significant side effects….…  Read more

    Charlotte-Keung-and-Dandan-Zhu
  • NHMRC and ARC Grant success in 2024

    …immunity Associate Professor Ashley Mansel NHMRC Ideas Grant – 3 years Amount: $988,730 Co-investigators: Dr Cristina Giogha Inflammation is central to many diseases, driven by inflammasomes like NLRP3. Overactive inflammasomes……  Read more

    NHMRC 2024
  • Uncovering the cellular secrets of RNA editing

    …“eat” germs, and chemical signals like cytokines that trigger inflammation. It also includes specialised proteins in the cell cytoplasm that sense and act to destroy invaders. The innate immune system……  Read more

    L-R: Scott Taylor, Ankita Goradia, Jacki Heraud-Farlow and Carl Walkley
  • Harnessing a natural killer to fight lung cancer

    …that trigger inflammation. It also includes specialised proteins that destroy invaders. Unlike the adaptive immune system, the innate system is non-specific, meaning it targets a broad range of pathogens without……  Read more

    Dan Gough in the Lab at Hudson SQ fight lung cancer
  • Understanding the how and why of preterm brain injury

    …that the effects of intrauterine inflammation and dopamine on the neurovascular unit were very different – most notably, intrauterine inflammation leads to leaky or damaged blood vessels,” she said. “On……  Read more

    Associate Professor Flora Wong and Dr Nhi Trang
  • New CRE targets autoinflammatory disease

    Hudson Institute’s reputation as a leader in inflammation research has been recognised with the establishment of a Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Autoinflammatory Disease Research. Led by Hudson Institute’s,……  Read more

    Professor Carl Wakley, Dr Sophia Davidson, Professor Seth Masters
  • Inflammation and stomach cancer: the H. pylori connection

    …stomach inflammation and ulcers. H.Pylori and stomach cancer facts 20-50 per cent of people in Western countries have H. Pylori 80 per cent of people in developing countries have H….…  Read more

    Section of human stomach showing immune cells infiltrating the tissue
  • Beischer Foundation sticks its ‘NEC’ out

    …(NEC), a disease of the premature gut and the most common cause of death due to gastrointestinal health issues in infants. NEC triggers massive inflammation, causing parts of the small……  Read more

    Dr Ina Rudloff_Professor Marcel Nold_CEO of Norman Beischer Foundation Andrew Brookes and Professor Claudia Nold
  • How cell death affects your health

    …good in infection, too much cell death can drive tissue damaging inflammation, known as sepsis. Likewise, we have shown that elevated cell death directly triggers inflammation in acute and chronic……  Read more

    Mitochondria
  • Hudson CEO honoured for services to medical research

    …joined Hudson Institute in 2017 as Director/CEO, and since that time has overseen growth in the Institute’s research priorities, building leading programs in cancer, inflammation and women’s and newborn health….…  Read more

    Professor Elizabeth Hartland honoured for services to medical research