Story type: Real lives

  • Stem Cells: Hope on the horizon for preterm babies

    Pioneering Australian research, undertaken by a collaboration of Monash Health’s Monash Children’s Hospital, The School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University, and Hudson Institute of Medical Research, has successfully demonstrated the feasibility and safety of using a baby’s own cord blood-derived cells as a potential treatment for extremely preterm infants.…  Read more

    Dr Lindsay Zhou and Associate Professor Atul Malhotra

  • Teen cancer survivors: a story of friendship and dreams

    Two remarkable Melbourne teenagers, Tianna and Raya fought and beat the odds against leukaemia, and are now aiming to help others who find themselves facing the same medical nightmare.…  Read more

    Tianna and Raya cancer survivors. The girls spent time in the Lab getting a taste of their planned futures in science.

  • Childhood blood cancer: new treatment approach

    Dr Catherine Carmichael aims to identify the key mechanisms that drive development of an aggressive form of childhood blood cancer, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).…  Read more

    Dr Catherine Carmichael in the lab at Hudson

  • Spotlight: supporting ovarian cancer research

    There are few parts of the Australian community that remain untouched by ovarian cancer. The team at Spotlight Group Holdings, one of the nation’s largest retail organisations, is supporting Hudson Institute’s work to help find a cure and better early diagnostics for the deadly disease.…  Read more

    Spotlight Morry Fraid, Ben Clark, Dr Maree Bilandzic

  • In memory of Professor Henry George Burger AO

    Hudson Institute of Medical Research is mourning the passing of one of its founding fathers, Henry G Burger AO.…  Read more

    Henry Burger

  • The hidden condition that we have to talk about

    Faced with a condition that’s rarely spoken about, despite affecting up to 40 percent of all women, Sally decided things had to change, so she volunteered to be our POP advocate – sharing her story and her suffering to help avoid others going through the same thing.…  Read more

    POP sufferer, Sally visit’s our labs at Hudson Institute in Melbourne and speaks with Prof Caroline Gargett and Dr Shayanti Mukherjee

  • Differences of Sex Development 101: it’s complicated

    Internationally renowned researcher into Differences of Sex Development, Professor Vincent Harley, provides an introduction to the topic – separating fact from fiction.…  Read more

    Internationally renowned researcher into Differences of Sex Development, Professor Vincent Harley, provides an introduction to the topic – separating fact from fiction

  • Beischer Foundation sticks its ‘NEC’ out

    Any new parent will tell you how overwhelming it can feel to suddenly be caring for a fragile new life. Now imagine that this life came into the world before it was ready – the fragility is magnified and with it the number of unknowns and things that can go wrong.…  Read more

    Dr Ina Rudloff_Professor Marcel Nold_CEO of Norman Beischer Foundation Andrew Brookes and Professor Claudia Nold

  • The power of patient experience in rare ovarian cancer

    For Associate Professor Simon Chu, the problem leading Hudson Institute’s research into rare ovarian cancers was getting access to large quantities of real-world data, and the solution came from a surprising place: social media.…  Read more

    Associate Professor Simon Chu rare ovarian cancer GCT researcher

  • Childhood cancer detectives embrace open-source AI solution

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

    Ron Firestein, Paul Daniel, Xin (Claire) Sun utilising the CCMA to solve childhood cancer