News and Events
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Centenary partners in transformative national liver health program
The Snow Medical Research Foundation has today announced major long-term funding of $15.5 million for a new national research program targeting fatty liver disease, a condition that affects up to one in three Australians. The Centenary Institute will play a key role in the collaborative effort.News Type: Research NewsDate -
Centenary exhibition brings medical research to life in hospital spaces
The Centenary Institute’s 'When Art Meets Science' exhibition took centre stage at the recent launch of the annual Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) March Arts program.News Type: CommunityDate -
‘Mini hearts’ show COVID-19 virus directly infects heart tissue
Researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a human heart cell model demonstrating that the virus that causes COVID‑19 (SARS-CoV-2) can directly infect heart tissue, providing new insight into why some people experience serious heart complications during and after infection.News Type: Media releaseDate -
Emerging class of antibiotics to tackle global tuberculosis crisis
Researchers from the University of Sydney and the Centenary Institute have discovered how a promising class of experimental antibiotics disrupts the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), paving the way for urgently needed new treatments.News Type: Media releaseDate