Cancer Research
Cancer research is one of our core areas. With one in two Australians to be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85, you or someone close to you may have been affected by cancer.
Our cancer research looks at cancer at the cellular level to figure out why cancer occurs in one person and not someone else. Our researchers aim to discover the answers to key questions like:
- Why does cancer occur?
- How can our immune system defend us against cancer?
- How do cancers grow and multiply?
- Why are some cancers drug resistant?
- How can we improve current treatments?
- What new treatments can we develop to shut down or destroy cancer cells?
By discovering the answers to these critical questions, our researchers will develop new treatments and ways to prevent and diagnose cancer.
Our latest findings and projects
Across our 11 scientific laboratories many of our researchers are immersed in projects to help fight almost all types of cancer, including:
