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 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:53:27 +1100 Copyright: (C) Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Sydney, Australia. See http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/terms/ Two Centenary researchers have received bridging grants from The University of Sydney to support projects in tuberculosis and hepatitis C. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2012/01/grants/ 0d15259b3346f4fb38bcbb103f25e491 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:55:24 +1100 Better drug combinations to treat late-stage melanoma are on their way thanks to research published today by Centenary Institute scientists in Sydney. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2011/12/melanoma/ e3089f7164fb926011892d483de677b2 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:03:30 +1100 Centenary Institute welcomed Australia's Minister for Health, The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, this morning.  http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2011/12/Health/ 7ab834f2570a6c96584d37fecd67f82a Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:41:22 +1100 Minister Tanya Plibersek will tour Centenary Institute http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2011/12/Tanya/ 14a95eb475b32fdef5a6053a36294d61 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:02:42 +1100 Sydney researcher Professor John Rasko has been recognised for his work in improving bone marrow transplants by lifting the quality and quantity of viable adult stem cells. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2011/12/bonemarrowprize/ ba72baea33955d2edd1e2329c9cef7ec Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:37:06 +1100 Researchers at the Centenary Institute in Sydney have discovered a potential future treatment for prostate cancer--through starving the tumour cells of an essential nutrient they need to grow rapidly. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2011/11/starving/ bb33433a7ca4b1e079eafcc2e2feeaed Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:33:16 +1100 Supporters of cutting-edge science and appreciators of fine art gathered in the fabulous Greenwich home of Julie and Simon Ford last night to raise money for the Centenary Institute. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2011/10/races/ ad408ca0bc3d5e29bf4cbcbd301e97ae Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:50:41 +1100 The winner of the Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize is Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat, from Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI). Having unravelled key information on how and why breast stem cells contribute to the progression of breast cancer, she is now turning to the challenge of lung cancer. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2011/10/winner/ b3b153e47fba569cf3fe38310a1749bf Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:17:31 +1100 The winner of the Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize will be announced at 1.45 pm today, Wednesday 19 October 2011, at a lunch at UBS in Sydney. The winner will receive $25,000. The finalists are. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2011/10/prizenews/ 7b66814c9bebe6c16f3d564117c4fa24 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:00:51 +1100 How our skin says, "Don't worry, these are good guys," revealed today in PNAS. There are more bacteria living on our skin and in our gut than cells in our body. We need them. But until now no-one knew how the immune system could tell that these bacteria are harmless. http://www.centenary.org.au/p/about/media/mediareleases/2011/10/immune/ ea5804b3b6a068a59497e8002c9a7973 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:06:56 +1100