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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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‘When Art Meets Science’ exhibition opens at RPA
The Centenary Institute has unveiled its latest exhibition, 'When Art Meets Science', at the Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital as part of the Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) March Arts program. This initiative aims to highlight the crucial role of art in promoting health and well-being within the hospital community.News Type: InstituteDate -
Grant to boost research into age-related blood vessel health
The Centenary Institute’s Professor Jennifer Gamble has been awarded a Senior Researcher Grant under the NSW Cardiovascular Research Capacity Program receiving a total of $750,000 over three years. The grant will fund Professor Gamble’s research into vascular (blood vessel) health to aid healthy ageing and to help prevent disease.News Type: Media releaseDate -
Research reveals gut’s crucial role in lung disease
Research led by the Centenary Institute, the University of Technology Sydney and the Hunter Medical Research Institute suggests that the gut microbiome plays a pivotal role in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), paving the way for new therapeutic treatments.News Type: Media releaseDate -
T cells team-up to protect the liver from infection
Researchers at the Centenary Institute have made an important breakthrough in understanding how the immune system fights off infections in the liver – paving the way for more specific and effective therapies to treat and prevent liver diseases such as viral hepatitis and fatty liver disease, and decrease the risk of liver transplant rejection.News Type: Media releaseDate -
2024 International Day of Women and Girls in Science
To celebrate this year's International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we asked PhD Student Jinx Moore some questions about being a woman in science and what advice she has for other women aspiring to a career in science.News Type: ProfilesDate -
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2024
To celebrate this year's International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we asked Professor Devanshi Seth from the Centre for Healthy Ageing some questions about being a woman in science and what advice she has for other women aspiring to a career in science.News Type: ProfilesDate -
In Memoriam: The Hon. Michael Egan AO
The Centenary Institute mourns the passing of the Hon. Michael Egan AO, the former Chair of the organisation. Serving as Centenary Institute Chair from 2005 to 2017, Mr Egan played a pivotal role in the Institute's development and standing.News Type: InstituteDate -
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 -
Research aims to transform haemophilia treatment
Professor Philip Hogg, researcher in the Centenary Institute's Centre for Cancer Innovations, has received a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grant to undertake research aimed at revolutionising the treatment of haemophilia A.News Type: Media releaseDate -
Centenary researchers awarded more than $2m in Ideas Grants
Centenary Institute researchers have successfully secured over $2 million in combined funding from the Federal Government in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grants.News Type: Media releaseDate -
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 -
Pivotal role of TLR7 protein revealed in lung disease
The discovery, led by the Centenary Institute and the University of Technology Sydney, could advance treatments for COPD, a lung condition that makes it difficult to breathe due to narrowed airways and damaged lung tissue. COPD is often caused by smoking or exposure to irritants. Lead study researcher, Dr Gang Liu at the Centenary UTS ...News Type: Media releaseDate