Researchers reach out in fund drive

A team led by Dr Chuck Bailey at the Centenary Institute has been awarded a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant to develop safer and more effective gene therapies.

Dr Felix Marsh-Wakefield, from the Centenary Institute’s Centre for Cancer Innovations and the University of Sydney, has been interviewed on the 2GB Healthy Living program.

The Centenary Institute has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Guangzhou Medical University, one of China's leading institutions renowned for its pioneering research in respiratory diseases, oncology and infectious diseases.

The Centenary Institute has received important funding from the RT Hall Trust to bolster two ground-breaking cancer research initiatives. Almost one in two Australians will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85. Cancer is a leading cause of death, claiming around 50,000 Australians annually.