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Key mechanism identified for reducing chronic inflammation in cardiovascular diseases
A breakthrough discovery in understanding how white blood cells move in the body could pave the way for new treatments.
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Tour de Cure funding to boost cancer research at the Centenary Institute
Three Centenary Institute scientists have been awarded grants totalling $150,000 from the Tour de Cure cancer research funding scheme.News Type: Research NewsDate -
New technology, ‘Invasion-Block’, targets melanoma spread
Research conducted at the Centenary Institute has given rise to a ground-breaking tool called 'Invasion-Block' that can identify drugs capable of halting the spread of cancer cells. The pioneering development could lead to better treatments for melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer.News Type: Media releaseDate -
New treatment offers hope for advanced liver cancer
Researchers have discovered a new way to treat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer and the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide.News Type: Media releaseDate -
Dr Tiffen provides insight at leadership event
Dr Jessamy Tiffen, Head of the Centenary Institute’s Epigenetics of Melanoma Program, has been an invited panel guest at a special leadership event hosted by the law firm Jones Day.News Type: EventsDate -
New study uncovers potential therapeutic target for breast cancer
Research conducted at the Centenary Institute has unveiled crucial insights into the underlying molecular mechanisms of breast cancer. The findings could lead to a more effective treatment for the disease, which claims the lives of over 3,000 Australian women and men annually.News Type: Media releaseDate -
What are stem cells?
You may have wondered what makes stem cells so important and why they are needed for medical research.News Type: DiscoverDate -
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