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  • $2 million funding for prostate, bowel cancer trial brings personalised medicine a step closer

    …Prostate and colorectal cancers are two of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in Australia.  More than 3000 men die of prostate cancer and over 4100 lives are claimed by colorectal……  Read more

    Associate Professor Ron Firestein from the Cancer Genetics and Functional Genomics Research Group at Hudson Institute - A study has identified a genetic marker that predicts which cancers respond to a new form of epigenetic therapy called BET inhibitor therapy.
  • Hudson Director joins innovative ‘big data’ fight against cancer

    …research for difficult-to-treat and understudied cancers. These include pancreatic, lung, liver, sarcomas, oesophageal, brain, gastric, and ovarian cancers, as well as rare leukaemia’s, lymphomas and MDS. These cancers are insidiously……  Read more

    Professor Bryan Williams is Emeritus Director and Distinguished Scientist at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research
  • Dr Sue Fowler Scholarship in Ovarian Cancer awarded to Mrs Nazanin Karimnia

    …Hudson Institute PhD student undertaking research into ovarian cancer. There is an urgent need for new therapies to improve the long-term survival of ovarian cancer patients. Ovarian cancer is a……  Read more

  • New role for cell death-related protein in stomach cancer

    …Research. “Stomach or gastric cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide. It is caused by the abnormal growth of cells in the lining, or mucosa, of the……  Read more