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A major growing worldwide health problem is now better understood, with researchers identifying a key factor in the development of obesity and metabolic disease. These conditions are major global health challenges linked to modern diets rich in saturated fat and refined carbohydrate, combined with less active lifestyles. A project led by Hudson Institute of Medical…  Read more

The 2025 influenza (flu) season is upon us, with vaccination rates remaining alarmingly low and younger and older Australians are especially vulnerable.…  Read more

For the first time in Australia, a child has received an infusion of their own umbilical cord blood stem cells to treat cerebral palsy (CP), and Hudson Cell Therapies played a crucial role in making it happen. The therapy, not yet approved as a standard treatment for CP anywhere in the world, was administered to…  Read more

Research into a unique mouse species has attracted funding from the Gates Foundation, offering hope for better understanding of human pregnancies.…  Read more

The rules are changing around the management of hypertension (high blood pressure) worldwide, with a single lab in Melbourne at the heart of the change.…  Read more

Keep up to date on Hudson Institute’s leading research into key women’s health issues such as pelvic organ prolapse, ovarian cancer and endometriosis. …  Read more

Associate Professor Shayanti Mukherjee’s team combines engineering and 3D printing expertise with Hudson Institute’s own stem cell technologies to develop a safer alternative that works with a woman’s body, not against it.…  Read more

You will often hear it said that someone is battling or fighting cancer – the imagery is hard to escape. When it comes to Hudson Institute’s work on ovarian cancer, it is a war being fought on several fronts and our troops are making great inroads.…  Read more

Two cutting-edge Hudson Institute ovarian cancer research projects – led by Associate Professor Simon Chu and Dr Nicole Campbell – have received much needed and generous support from the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF).…  Read more

Women early in their pregnancy are being recruited for a study looking into the link between their menstrual symptoms and pregnancy complications including preterm birth, fetal growth restriction (FGR) and stillbirth.…  Read more