Treatment type: Microbiome medicine

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

The discovery that the bladder isn’t sterile has opened up new avenues of treatment for urinary tract infections (UTI).…  Read more

New and improved treatments for many serious ailments could follow a prestigious $5 million NHMRC Synergy grant to a team led by Hudson Institute of Medical Research scientists.…  Read more

Volunteers are needed for a research project looking at whether the composition of the gut microbiome changes across the menstrual cycle.…  Read more

The introduction of faecal transplants has provided a new and welcome approach to treating difficult bacterial infections. However, following a patient death, there are questions over their future use. How can the risks surrounding transplants be removed to reap the benefits of this promising therapeutic treatment?…  Read more

Research has shown babies born vaginally have different gut bacteria (microbiome) than those delivered by caesarean.…  Read more

Scientists working on the gut microbiome have discovered and isolated more than 100 completely new species of bacteria from healthy people’s intestines.…  Read more

Hudson Institute has had outstanding success in the recent National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Fellowship and Development Grant announcements.…  Read more

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