
Discovery first step to new therapies
In an Australian first, scientists at Sydney's Centenary Institute have mapped the anatomy of a membrane protein. This exciting discovery has the potential to turn the way we discover new drugs on its head and reduce the development time for new treatments.
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Centenary wishes Alan Jones all the best in his fight against cancer
The Centenary Institute expresses its best wishes and support to Alan Jones following his announcement that he will undergo treatment for prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Australia men, with more than 13,500 diagnosed with the disease each year.
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Healthy young diabetic dies in their sleep - why?
Publishing this week in the Medical Journal of Australia, Associate Professor Chris Semsarian, head of the Centenary Institute’s Molecular Cardiology laboratory, said there are a small number of young Australians suffering type 1 diabetes who die suddenly from dead in bed syndrome.
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Looking for answers to the puzzle that is inflammatory bowel disease
Have you ever had gastroenteritis and not been able to leave the house just in case a bathroom isn’t around when you need it? If so, you have a minor insight to the life-long impact inflammatory bowel diseases have on the estimated 61,000 Australians living with these incurable diseases every day.
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