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Discovery could open door to new COPD treatment
Research led by the Centenary Institute, the University of Technology Sydney and Ghent University Hospital, Belgium has identified a new therapeutic approach for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Centenary talks healthy ageing at NSW Seniors Expo
The Centenary Institute has highlighted its critical research into the biology of ageing – aimed at improving the quality of life for older people – at the 2023 NSW Seniors Festival Expo, held at the International Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney.News Type: CommunityDate -
Centenary Institute announces new Executive Director – a coup to recruit a shining star from Melbourne’s WEHI
The Centenary Institute is delighted to announce that Professor Marc Pellegrini will join the Centenary Institute as its new Executive Director. A physician, immunologist and internationally renowned research scientist, Professor Pellegrini has over 20 years of experience working on chronic infections.News Type: Media releaseDate -
Centenary researchers ranked among the world’s best
Seven researchers from the Centenary Institute have been listed among the global top two percent of scientists in their fields – according to a recently published Stanford University study.News Type: Research NewsDate -
Good Gut Anti-Inflammatory Diet book released
A new book, ‘The Good Gut Anti-Inflammatory Diet’, has been released by the Centenary Institute, which is full of informative knowledge, recipes and advice to maintain good gut health to control inflammation and to help prevent disease.News Type: InstituteDate -
What are aged cells?
As we age our cells also age. They lose their normal functions and becoming resistant to cell death.News Type: DiscoverDate -
Discovery could open door to new COPD treatment
Research led by the Centenary Institute, the University of Technology Sydney and Ghent University Hospital, Belgium has identified a new therapeutic approach for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – the targeting and inhibition of a protein called RIPK1.News Type: Media releaseDate -
Grant supports new COVID-19 nasal vaccine research
Research led by the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney – focused on the development of a new nasal COVID-19 vaccine – has received close to $1m in grant funding from the NSW COVID-19 Vaccine Acceleration Research Grants Program.News Type: Media releaseDate -
Research boost for heart muscle disease
World-leading research into heart muscle disease has been boosted with the Centenary Institute’s Associate Professor Mathias Francois and team awarded a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant to investigate left ventricular non compaction cardiomyopathy (LVNC).News Type: Media releaseDate -
Early-offer international scholarship awarded
Jasmine Nguyen has been awarded the high honour of an early-offer University of Sydney International Scholarship, to pursue her COVID-19 and lung disease research, in a PhD at the Centenary Institute.News Type: Research NewsDate -
What is the role of the macrophage?
Macrophages are specialised cells from our immune system.News Type: DiscoverDate -
Centenary Institute heart research features in the Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported study findings from the Centenary Institute that found that concealed cardiomyopathy – heart muscle disease that can cause fatal heart rhythms – is an important cause of sudden cardiac death where no cause is found from autopsy.News Type: Media coverageDate -
Cardiovascular Initiative acknowledges Professor Semsarian AM
Professor Christopher Semsarian AM, Head of the Centenary Institute’s Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology has been recognised by the University of Sydney’s Cardiovascular Initiative (CVI) and been presented with an award for ‘Most Collaborative Cardiovascular Researcher’.News Type: Research NewsDate