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08/02/12

Professors Jane Visvader (far left) and Geoff Lindeman, from the institute's ACRF Stem Cells and Cancer division, with Professor David Huang (right) from the institute's ACRF Chemical Biology division,.

Research partnership to improve treatments for cancer patients

The Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) has committed $2 million towards the fit-out of two new cancer research laboratories at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.

The funding has helped...

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31/01/12

Drs Maria Kauppi (left) and Ashley Ng from the institute's Cancer and Haematology division study blood 'progenitor' cells, which expand and mature in times of stress to replace lost or damaged blood cells.

Surprise finding redraws ‘map’ of blood cell production

A study of the cells that respond to crises in the blood system has yielded a few surprises, redrawing the ‘map’ of how blood cells are made in the body.

The finding, by researchers from the Walter...

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19/01/12

Professor Alan Cowman (above) and colleagues have discovered a molecule that is key to malaria's 'invisibility cloak'.

Unveiling malaria’s ‘cloak of invisibility’

The discovery by researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of a molecule that is key to malaria’s ‘invisibility cloak’ will help to better understand how the parasite causes disease and...

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