Found 174 news articles for inflammation
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Using our immune system to fight COVID-19
…older people. Our innate immune response provides early antiviral protection and shapes the immunity required later for vaccine responses. But, if uncontrolled, the resulting hyper-acute inflammation from excess cytokines can…… Read more
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Crohn’s disease: research developments
…Treatment options for Crohn’s Treatments are highly personalised, complex and often aimed at reducing inflammation. Options include tailored diets, steroids, antibiotics and surgery. Medications can be very expensive and some…… Read more
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Placental cell therapy could deliver new treatment options for liver disease
…50 per cent of deaths worldwide, and Hudson Institute has Australia’s largest team of inflammation researchers, whose sole focus is developing treatments to prevent or alleviate inflammation-driven diseases. Working alongside…… Read more
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IBD causing bacteria discovered in mice
Bacteria that cause weight loss and intestinal inflammation have been identified in the microbiome of mice used to study Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Researchers from Hudson Institute of Medical Research,…… Read more
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The RNA treatment revolution
…inflammation like autoinflammatory diseases. When he was 11 years old, A/Prof Gantier had a close shave with death. Failing to recover after having his appendix removed, he was rushed to…… Read more
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Special delivery – keeping preterm babies healthy
…The trial involved the drug anakinra to prevent dangerous inflammation. This drug has been used successfully for the past 20 years to treat severe inflammatory diseases, but this is the…… Read more
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Hudson Institute’s 2023 Emerging Leaders
…focuses on understanding the immunoregulatory mechanisms in the testis and epididymis, to improve outcomes for men experiencing infertility due to infections and inflammation in the male reproductive system. She is…… Read more
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Delivering hope: anti-inflammatory drug trial for preterm babies
…already used for inflammatory diseases in older children and adults, which neonatal specialists expect to assist preterm babies, given their risk of inflammation. Hudson Institute Professors Claudia and Marcel Nold…… Read more
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Hudson Institute researcher utilises Heart Foundation fellowship award
…inflammation, Dr Claudia Nold is working to develop new anti-inflammatory therapies for clinical use in pre-term babies. “Prematurity is one of the leading causes of infant deaths, with survival rates…… Read more
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Federal MP and local Mayor tour translational research facility
…Dr Courtney McDonald works in the Neurodevelopment and Neuroprotection Research Group at the Ritchie Centre, developing ways of using umbilical cord blood stem cells to reduce inflammation and repair brain damage….… Read more