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Double blow for lung cancer and emphysema offers hope to patients
Lung cancer and emphysema could be diagnosed earlier and targeted with an existing drug, vastly improving patient outcomes, researchers at Hudson Institute of Medical Research have discovered… Read more
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Is that high blood pressure actually Conn’s Syndrome?
Melbourne’s first dedicated Endocrine Hypertension Clinic is opening its doors at Monash Health on July 21 to improve treatment of a common yet underdiagnosed cause of high blood pressure. Hudson Institute of Medical Research’s Centre for Endocrinology and Metabolism (CEM) clinician-researchers, Professor Peter Fuller, Dr Jun Yang and Dr Jimmy Shen, are behind the new… Read more
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Clinician-researcher recognised with Monash Health leadership award
Dr Frances Milat has been acknowledged for her work as Head of Monash Health’s Metabolic Bone Service at Monash Health with the 2016 One Monash Health Award for Leadership in Excellence in Access and Responsiveness.… Read more
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OCRF-funded projects to improve early detection, therapies for ovarian cancer
Hudson Institute researchers Dr Simon Chu and Dr Andrew Stephens have been awarded grants totalling more than $700,000 over three years by the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF), to support ongoing work to improve early-stage tumour detection and to develop better therapies for women with ovarian cancer.… Read more
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Hudson Institute discovery could help ‘buy time’ during global avian influenza pandemic
A team of researchers at Hudson Institute of Medical Research have found that timely blocking of the body’s own immune response to infection from a severe or pathogenic strain of influenza could be vital in treating patients infected during a global pandemic.… Read more
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Professor Robert McLachlan recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Renowned Hudson researcher, clinical andrologist, and men’s health advocate, Professor Robert McLachlan has been made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours.… Read more
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Ritchie Centre researchers, students shine at fetal and neonatal conferences
Researchers and postgraduate students from The Ritchie Centre (Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash University) have shone at two of Australia’s biggest fetal and neonatal conferences, which both took place in Queensland last week.… Read more
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Muscle mass crucial to preventing bone fractures in young people with cerebral palsy
Maintaining muscle mass is crucial for good bone health in young adults with cerebral palsy (CP), a new collaborative study by endocrinology researchers at Hudson Institute of Medical Research has found.… Read more
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‘Bugs as drugs’: Harnessing novel gut bacteria for human health
Researchers are optimistic that a recent breakthrough allowing growth of the majority of human gut bacteria in the lab will lead to the development of new therapies for human health, replacing the use of faecal transplants in treating certain gut infections.… Read more
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Science students become immunologists for a day at Hudson Institute of Medical Research
A group of students from the John Monash Science School experienced the future of science during a Discovery Tour at Hudson Institute of Medical Research to celebrate International Day of Immunology.… Read more