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Tests show potential for medicinal cannabis to kill cancer cells
Category: News & Articles
... kill normal bone marrow cells, nor normal healthy neutrophils [white blood cells]. “We then realised there was a cancer-selective mechanism ...
Leukaemia
Category: Research
Leukaemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow involving abnormal proliferation of blood cells. It ... expressed in leukaemia cells and not in normal bone marrow or white blood cells, making it a good target for new therapies. FAT1 cadherin is a molecule that helps to control cell growth and hence when it is dysregulated, cancer can occur. Current ...
Cystic Fibrosis
Category: Research

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetically-inherited life-shortening chronic illness affecting young Australians today. A baby is born with cystic fibrosis every four days (Source – Better Health Channel). It primarily affects the respiratory system with recurrent infections and the risk for lung damage long term, among other symptoms.

Genome wide approach to risk assess Multiple Myeloma and precursor plasma cell disorders
Category: Research
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of plasma cells, which are mature white blood cells within the bone marrow. The disease causes bone pain and ... entire genome (i.e. entire genetic material contained in  the plasma cell) for patients with MGUS, SMM and MM. Routine  clinical testing for ...
Understanding the link between immune cell function and lung function in the development of asthma in early life
Category: Research
... asthma management or routine clinical care during pregnancy. White blood cells in the cord blood correlated with improved lung function at ... strategy for asthma. Research Understanding the link between immune cell function and lung function in the development of asthma in early ...
HMRI 2010/2011 Project Grant Recipients
Category: News & Articles
... levels of telomerase, the enzyme responsible for maintaining a cell’s ability to divide and regenerate. This may be the previously ... Karayanidis and Associate Professor Mark Parsons Relationship between white matter legions and cognitive and motor functioning inpatients with ... Protein Phosphatase 2A (PP2A) Leukaemia is a cancer of the white blood cells that can develop in anyone, at any age, often developing ...
HMRI Awards Night 2019 Winners
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... Awarded to Dr Kimberly Kaufman from Chris O’Brien Lifehouse | A new blood test to monitor glioblastoma patients and detect tumour ... Supported by an Anonymous HMRI Donor. Awarded to Dr Moira Graves | Do white blood cells from the bone marrow play a role in regrowth of ... Awarded to Conjoint Associate Professor Chris Grainge | A world-first cell-based model to study the causes and effects of bronchiectasis, the ...
Doug Smith
Category: Researcher Profiles
... affects the vestibular (balance) system, spinal cord function, the blood brain and spinal cord barriers, and in a collaborative project is ... Ageing, healthspan, inflammation, genomics, mitochondria, lipidomics, white matter, spinal cord, brain, inner ear Associate Professor Douglas ...
HMRI 2009/10 Project Grant recipients
Category: News & Articles
... computer and laboratory-based studies to identify protein changes in blood that can be used for an early diagnostic test of Alzheimer’s ... Grant Bateman A structural and functional brain imaging study of how white matter lesions in patients with minor ischaemic stroke affect cognitive and motor control processes White matter lesions (WML) in the brain increase with age and underpin ...
Defining the role of shwachman-bodien diamond syndrome protein (SBDS) in PP2A inhibition in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)
Category: Research
... for patients diagnosed over the age of 60. AML is a disease of the blood system arising from genetic alterations that lead to the accumulation of immature white blood cells in the bone marrow. These mutant cells suppress the normal ...
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