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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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Metastatic cancer research boosted
Dr Dannel Yeo from the Centenary Institute and Clinical Associate Professor Kate Mahon from Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, have been awarded an inaugural Sydney Cancer Partners Translational Fellowship.News Type: Research NewsDate -
Top abstract prize for gene therapy research
Professor John Rasko AO and team have received the top scoring abstract award at the 16th Annual Congress of the European Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders in Manchester.News Type: Research NewsDate -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Annual NSW Asthma Meeting held at Centenary
The Centenary UTS Centre for Inflammation has hosted the 16th Annual NSW Asthma Meeting (NAMe) held at the Centenary Institute, 17-18 November 2022.News Type: Research NewsDate -
What happens to people who consume hazardous amounts of alcohol?
Clinical Professor Devanshi Seth, Head of the Centenary Institute’s Alcoholic Liver Disease Laboratory is co-author on a newly published study that has identified factors affecting mortality in people drinking extreme amounts of alcohol.News Type: Research NewsDate -
Should you use your smartwatch or wearable to monitor your heart?
Dr Jessica Orchard, Associate Faculty member at the Centenary Institute, together with Professor Ben Freedman from the Heart Research Institute, have written an article for The Conversation on wearable technologies and heart health.News Type: Research NewsDate -
TB shown to remodel lymph nodes affecting immune response
Centenary Institute and University of Sydney PhD student, Lina Daniel, is lead author on a newly published paper that has found that Mycobacterium tuberculosis remodels the architecture of the lymph nodes – limiting the immune system’s ability to overcome tuberculosis (TB) infection.News Type: Research NewsDate -
Dr Jessica Orchard promoted to Associate Faculty at Centenary
Dr Jessica Orchard, Research Fellow in the Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology and Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow has been promoted to the Centenary Institute’s Scientific Associate Faculty based on research excellence, productivity and emerging leadership qualities.News Type: Research NewsDate -
PhD student acknowledged for outstanding laboratory research
Centenary Institute PhD student, Mark Man Gia Ly has been awarded the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Medical Officers Association President Prize for Laboratory Research.News Type: Research NewsDate -
Prestigious editorial board appointment for Professor Hansbro
The Centenary Institute’s Professor Phil Hansbro, Director of the Centenary UTS Centre for Inflammation has been appointed as an editorial board member of the highly respected and high impact American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (also known as the ‘Blue Journal’).News Type: Research NewsDate