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QueersInScience founder and LGBT+ role model recognised

Dr Sarah Stephenson has been featured in the OUTstanding LGBT+ Future Leaders Role Model List 2020.

21 January 2021
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$13M boost for international mother-baby iron supplements study

A Melbourne-led research consortium investigating the impact of iron treatments on maternal and newborn health in low-income countries has received two major grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

18 December 2020
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Bright ideas among $31M Australian Government funding boost

WEHI’s COVID-19, dementia and blood cancer researchers are among the beneficiaries of $10.9M of National Health and Medical Research Council funding announced this week by the Australian Government.

16 December 2020
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New therapeutic target pinpointed for stomach cancer

Our researchers have identified a key molecular regulator involved in the progression and spread of stomach cancer, suggesting a potential new approach to treat this devastating disease.

15 December 2020
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Iron deficiency can be managed better

Australian and European researchers have released updated, evidence-based guidance for managing iron deficiency, a serious worldwide health problem.

5 December 2020
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Survival protein may prevent collateral damage during cancer therapy

WEHI researchers have identified a protein that could protect the kidneys from ‘bystander’ damage caused by cancer therapies.

25 November 2020
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Malaria and immunology researchers win Burnet Prize

WEHI scientists Dr Cyril Seillet and Dr Rhea Longley have been jointly awarded the 2020 Burnet Prize, the institute’s highest scientific honour.

25 November 2020
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National recognition for WEHI bioinformatics researchers

The achievements of WEHI’s bioinformatics and computational biology researchers have been recognised with Australian Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society (ABACBS) awards.

25 November 2020
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‘Nanobodies' could hold the solution to new COVID-19 therapies

WEHI researchers are studying ‘nanobodies’ – tiny immune proteins made by alpacas – in a bid to understand whether they might be effective in blocking SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

24 November 2020
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Mother’s touch lingers in her child’s genes

Mothers leave their mark on their children in many ways – and WEHI researchers have discovered a protein called SMCHD1 is involved in this ‘imprinting’ process.

23 November 2020
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