Story type: Discovery

Their latest research, published in the esteemed journal, Nature, showed that the innate immune system produces a powerful weapon against ovarian cancer – interferon epsilon (IFNe) – a weapon just waiting to be harnessed to deliver an effective immunotherapy treatment option.…  Read more

The Childhood Cancer Model Atlas leverages AI and global collaboration to accelerate treatments for paediatric solid and CNS tumours.…  Read more

Associate Professor Dan Gough and his team have developed sophisticated models of lung cancer which allow them to model disease progression and observe response to current treatments in patients.…  Read more

This research has the potential to revolutionise therapies for pelvic floor regeneration and enable personalised medicine for women.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researcher Professor Seth Masters, working with colleagues at China’s Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, has identified a specific genetic variant which contributes to the development of childhood-onset lupus.…  Read more

When unborn babies suffer a stroke, the potential damage can be life-long, so Hudson Institute of Medical Research is aiming to change that using the stem cells found in umbilical cord blood (UCB).…  Read more

Like most endometriosis sufferers, Maddy Forster went from knowing very little about the disease to being something of an expert, but it was a process that took years and included many wrong turns along the way.…  Read more

Babies affected by Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR) have poor cardiorespiratory control; now Hudson Institute researchers have become the first to show persistent injury in the brainstem of growth restricted fetuses as the likely cause. …  Read more

Every mother wants to have the healthiest child she can, and new research shows that the nutritional status of the mother during pregnancy can affect outcomes for the baby – with male and female offspring affected differently.…  Read more

Correct development of testes in a male foetus – and fertility later in life – depend on a crucial hormone being at just the right level.…  Read more