Tag: cancer research
Researchers at the Children’s Medical Research Institute and St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research have uncovered a mechanism that makes cancer cells immortal and identified potential treatment options that could help kill aggressive cells. What makes cancer cells immortal The normal cells that make up our body divide throughout our lives to ensure our bodies […]
Cancer Council NSW invests over $18 million into cancer research every year. To make sure that the research we fund and conduct has real-world benefits, we involve members of the community in our work. These ‘consumers’ help us choose what research we fund and shape how that research is conducted. Consumers have typically been personally […]
Each year at around this time, we put a call out for participants in our Consumer Involvement in Research training courses. You may (or may not) have heard about the program in the past and wondered “Is that something I could do?” Anyone can participate in the training. The term ‘consumer’ refers to anyone who has […]
Last night, almost $9 million of new funding was awarded to 13 ground-breaking cancer research projects at the 2019 Cancer Council NSW Research Awards. The chosen world-class research teams are leading the charge towards a cancer free future by investigating new ways to diagnose and treat the disease. Funds have been awarded to projects deemed […]
This year, we’re excited to grant almost $9 million in funding to 13 new research projects at our annual Research Awards night. As always, we received dozens of worthy funding applications, which raises the question: How do we choose which research projects to fund? Every eligible research proposal submitted to us is reviewed by both a […]
Today is International Women’s Day and we thought it would be a great opportunity to highlight a couple of our incredible female researchers, who are making their impact felt working on two of the most common women’s cancers. Dr Megan Smith leads the high-income country work done by the Cervix/HPV group here at Cancer Council […]
Cancer Council NSW is excited to announce that over $10.6 million in new funding has been awarded to 17 outstanding cancer research projects. The grants will help fund future breakthroughs in cancer research – the awarded research teams are leading the charge towards a cancer free future by investigating new ways to treat the […]
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) awards multimillion dollar grant to group of cervical cancer prevention experts led by Cancer Council and Victorian Cytology Service. Authors: Adjunct Professor Karen Canfell, Associate Professor Marion Saville and Associate Professor Julia Brotherton Australia has led the world in cervical cancer prevention for decades, both in vaccination and screening. […]
Cancer Council NSW is excited to announce that nearly $6million has been awarded to 15 ground-breaking cancer research projects. The grants help fund future breakthroughs in cancer research, with 15 of Australia’s leading research teams paving the way for new ways to treat the disease. The project grants were awarded on Wednesday 1 March at […]
At Cancer Council NSW, we get a lot of questions about our research into pancreatic cancer. Despite improvements in survival rates across more common types of cancer, only 6% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer will survive past five years. However, the researchers that we fund are making important steps forward in finding the answers […]