http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/ Latest news and media releases from a leading medical research facility located in Sydney, Australia en-au Wed, 22 May 2013 20:02:24 +1000 Copyright: (C) Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Sydney, Australia. See http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/terms/ Sydney researchers have discovered a new type of immune cell in skin that plays a role in fighting off parasitic invaders such as ticks, mites, and worms, and could be linked to eczema and allergic skin diseases http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2013/04/new_immune_cells/ fce883a50cf4d4b4b11fdde5a822116e Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:35:27 +1000 A community-wide screening program being trialled in Vietnam aims to create a new model for global TB control http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2013/03/TB_Screening_Program_in_Vietnam/ 4d2b52c1a8c9d6146ec867d865a17ce5 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:31:39 +1100 Sydney team hopes to reduce the burden with research-led intervention http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2013/03/Cost_liver_disease/ fa92be2991065cae8580997f83372a9d Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:20:02 +1100 A $2.5 million, six-nation initiative to fight tuberculosis has opened at the Centenary Institute, Sydney. It brings together over 14 institutes. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2013/03/TB_Initiative/ 6e63973e2a2fea53a9d25148b5914a30 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:18:53 +1100 A new project at the hospital in collaboration with researchers from the Centenary Institute in Sydney, aims to identify a new way of diagnosing TB and monitoring response to treatment. The research is funded in part by the Australian Respiratory Council. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2013/03/TB_Diagnosis_Hunt/ 394fe1d6d78127c36de0f39fb6bea6fc Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:43:50 +1100 The government's announcement for the inclusion of two new drugs to treat the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the pharmaceutical benefits scheme has been welcomed by Professor Geoff McCaughan, Head of Liver Injury and Cancer at the Centenary Institute. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2013/02/Liver_Transplants/ 8ebd7c88c5ddc53c5b4ac0e4c6a1a283 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:10:17 +1100 The winner of the Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize is Dr Jian Yang, from the Diamantina Institute of the University of Queensland. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2012/11/CILC_Prize_JianYang/ 82b3c064379329da368e3cb487f7a29c Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:05:37 +1100 Keeping our best young bioscience brains in Australia. Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize to be announced today. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2012/11/Centenary_Prize2012/ c6e9db14007f57fa7171a361daecaa3e Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:59:46 +1100 Research opens the advantages of organ transfer to wider groups of people, including heart patients and reformed addicts http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2012/11/Liver_Transplantation/ 636a93d6178bca83217dcbafbeb9b16b Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:31:25 +1100 NHMRC/National Heart Foundation early career fellow Dr Jodie Ingles just cannot seem to stop racking up awards for her work relating to how we care for people with genetic heart disease. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2012/11/Prized_Heart_Researcher/ d5dbea3bdcf2956c6bc94e98e2d46336 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:33:39 +1100