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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 -
Medical research ‘speed dating’ at Centenary Institute
The Centenary Institute has given members of the public, school students and stakeholders the opportunity to find out what it’s like to be a scientist – and to better understand what it takes to be at the cutting-edge of medical discovery – with its unique ‘speed dating’ event, held as part of the Spark Festival.News Type: EventsDate -
Centenary Institute celebrated National Science Week
The Centenary Institute has engaged with kids and the wider community as the Research Partner of Sydney Science Trail held at the Botanic Gardens and Australian Museum in celebration of National Science Week.News Type: CommunityDate -
Dr Jessamy Tiffen promoted to Faculty at Centenary
Dr Jessamy Tiffen has been promoted to the Scientific Faculty at the Centenary Institute where she will be a part of the senior science leadership team.News Type: InstituteDate -
DPP9 enzyme role in cancer revealed
A new study from German and Centenary Institute researchers has provided new understanding of an enzyme called dipeptidyl peptidase 9 (DPP9) and its role in cancer development.News Type: Research NewsDate -
Early detection of lung cancer to be investigated
Dr Annalicia Vaughan from the Centenary UTS Centre for Inflammation is the successful recipient of the Kenyon Foundation Inflammation Award for 2022. The Award, valued at $20,000, will support Dr Vaughan’s study into identifying new microbial-derived biomarkers for the early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. The leading cause of cancer death, lung cancer is ...News Type: Media releaseDate -
Grant to detect pancreatic cancer earlier
World-leading research into pancreatic cancer has been boosted with the Centenary Institute’s Professor John Rasko AO awarded a $100,000 ‘Innovation in Early Detection’ grant from The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation. One of the deadliest forms of cancer, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is less than 12% in Australia. A reason for the low ...News Type: Research NewsDate -
Understanding unexplained heart failure in patients with liver cirrhosis
The Centenary Institute’s Dr Madeleine Gill has today received a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) postgraduate scholarships grant to continue her research into understanding unexplained heart failure in patients with liver cirrhosis. Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy affects approximately 50 per cent of patients with cirrhosis and can be a barrier to liver transplantation and is ...News Type: Research NewsDate -
Professor Philip Hogg on Nine News
Professor Philip Hogg, Head, ACRF Centenary Cancer Research Centre, has featured on Nine News explaining his new theranostics research, recently funded by the Cancer Institute NSW. A form of personalised cancer treatment for the patient, the term ‘theranostics’ refers to a combined therapy and diagnostics approach where tumour markers are employed to deliver a therapeutic isotope ...News Type: Media coverageDate -
Over $4 million in grants to boost cancer research at the Centenary Institute
Two Centenary Institute scientists have been awarded grants totalling $4.3 million from the Cancer Institute NSW to undertake critical cancer related medical research.News Type: Media releaseDate -
New precision medicine laboratory to help fight cancer
The Centenary Institute has announced it will establish a new precision medicine laboratory, enabling world-leading research into the use of theranostics to treat cancer, thanks to a grant from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF).News Type: Media releaseDate -
Thompson Prize success for Centenary PhD candidate
The Centenary Institute’s Ms Aster Pijning has been awarded the 2021 Thompson Prize by the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.News Type: InstituteDate