The occurrence of plaque in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, long used as a marker of the disease’s onset, has been found…
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Few things strike fear into people more than the word cancer, and with good reason. While improvements in cancer therapy and advances in palliative care mean that the illness does not always lead to inevitable…
Brain circuitry may make it more difficult for obese people to lose weight, researchers have found. Research has shown that…
Measuring disease-related distress and depression in diabetics can help management of diabetes, according to a new multi-disciplinary…
DNA provides the instructions to make us how we look and contributes to our life expectancy. Identical twins have exactly the same DNA, so why are slightly different in many ways? The answer is epigenetics…
Policymakers should understand the urge to drink soft drinks is genetically determined, rather than being solely a lifestyle choice, argue endocrinologists from the Garvin Institute of Medical Research…
Lap band surgery is an effective long-term measure for managing obesity, according to a 15-year study of thousands of patients who have undergone the procedure. The study, from Monash University’s Centre…
Researchers have mapped the genes that control pain perception in fruit flies, mice, and potentially humans. The map consists of gene pathways that help flies and mice sense pain and set pain thresholds…
Up to 2,000 of our 21,000 genes could affect our bone strength, research has found. In an experiment with mice, researchers…
A specific gene has been discovered to regulate muscle size in a new study. Genetically modified mice missing the Grb10 protein…
Patients with the rare genetic disorder X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP) are in some cases living longer thanks…
Scientists have identified one way of making a frustratingly tricky transplant – of insulin-producing “islets of Langerhans…
No one can claim to be unaware of the risks of obesity in this day and age. Almost every day there are discussions in the media about the risks of carrying excess fat. But research shows the link between…
Researchers have identified biochemical changes that commonly occur in the DNA of women with ovarian cancer, which may help…
What do Shane Warne, Kylie Minogue, Muammar Gaddafi, Mike Tyson and Kermit the Frog have in common? Believe it or not, all have been awarded university doctorates. Yep, that’s right, Dr Warney. Southampton…
You really have to wonder what kind of message the New South Wales Government is trying to send about its attitude to science. Was the announcement of funding cuts to research during Science Week just…
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Research Officer, Garvan Institute; Senior Lecturer, UNSW., Garvan Institute
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Research Officer, Garvan Institute
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Associate Professor, Garvan Institute
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President, Australian Academy of Science; Laboratory Head, Garvan Institute
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Executive Director, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Garvan Institute
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Principal researcher at Garvan Institute & Conjoint Professor of Medicine, UNSW,, Garvan Institute
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Head of the Cellular and Molecular Metabolism Laboratory and Head of the Diabetes and Metabolism Division, Garvan Institute
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Medical Oncologist and PhD Candidate in immunology, Garvan Institute
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Petre Chair in Cancer Biology, Lab Head - Cancer Developmental Biology, Garvan Institute
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Lab Head-Developmental Epigenomics and Senior Research Fellow, Garvan Institute
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Research Officer, Garvan Institute
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Chair professor, Garvan Institute
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Senior Principal Research Fellow, Garvan Institute
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Program Director – Precision Immunology / Laboratory Head, Garvan Institute
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Immunology, Garvan Institute