Treatment type: Immunotherapies

Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash University have received more than $1.6 million in funding from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) towards research investigating ways to prevent and treat silicosis.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have shown for the first time that a diabetes drug called sitagliptin can limit tumour growth, and possibly extend survival rates from epithelial ovarian cancer, the most common and dangerous type of ovarian cancer.…  Read more

Hudson Institute has been successful in the NHMRC Ideas Grant round. Our researchers have been awarded four NHMRC Ideas Grants, totalling almost $4.1 million.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have been awarded more than $2 million from the Australian Research Council Discovery Projects Grant round.…  Read more

In collaboration with colleagues at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) and the University of Melbourne, Hudson Institute scientists have revealed how inflammation in motor neuron disease (MND) is caused,…  Read more

It is unknown how US President Donald Trump will respond to the experimental immunotherapy given to treat his COVID-19 infection, because the drug has not yet been tested and approved, says Hudson Institute Director and CEO, Professor Elizabeth Hartland.…  Read more

Hudson Institute scientists have discovered the key to how cells turn on inflammation and fight infection, providing the knowledge to potentially reduce or stop destructive inflammation in the future.…  Read more

The first clinical trial of a potential COVID-19 treatment involving a discovery by Hudson Institute researchers received approval in September.…  Read more

Olive, 11 and her brother Will, 8 wanted to say a big thank you to their scientist heroes for all their hard work to improve people’s lives, including on COVID-19 research.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have identified a target for controlling the development of colon cancer that could lead to novel treatment strategies.…  Read more