The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Complexities of human disease targeted with $16M in funding

Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have received more than $16 million in federal funding to pursue research into cancer, malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and the immune system, it was...

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Inaugural Bragg Medal awarded to Professor Peter Colman

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute structural biologist Professor Peter Colman has been awarded the inaugural Bragg Medal of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand.

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Immune system kill switch could be target for chemotherapy and infection recovery

Researchers have discovered an immune system ‘kill switch’ that destroys blood stem cells when the body is under severe stress, such as that induced by chemotherapy and systemic infections.

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Survival gene may be key to controlling HIV and hepatitis

A newly discovered gene that is essential for embryo survival could also hold the key to treating and potentially controlling chronic infections such as HIV, hepatitis and tuberculosis.

The gene,...

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