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Prof. Louis Chesler Announced as New Executive Director Chil...

Children's Cancer Institute has today announced that, following an extensive international search, t...

Thursday, 19th Jun 25

Areas: Michelle Haber, Louis Chesler, executive director

Research suggests promising new treatment for neuroblastoma

Our researchers have uncovered a potential new therapeutic approach for neuroblastoma, the most comm...

Tuesday, 3rd Jun 25

Areas: neuroblastoma, murray norris, mycn, Experimenta...

Michelle Haber discusses the 42 years she has dedicated to c...

Professor Michelle Haber features on the "Chew the Fat" Podcast with Frank Greef, discussing the 42 ...

Friday, 30th May 25

Areas: news, personalised medicine, precision medicine...

Children's Cancer Institute Extends Congratulations to Austr...

Children’s Cancer Institute warmly congratulates the Albanese Government on their election victory...

Wednesday, 14th May 25

Areas: news, government, zero childhood cancer, precis...

Professor Maria Kavallaris inducted into AIMBE College of Fe...

Professor Maria Kavallaris AM, has been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biologi...

Tuesday, 1st Apr 25

Areas: maria kavallaris, nanomedicine, translational c...

International study sheds new light on deadly childhood brai...

Our research team has shed new light on what drives the development of incurable brain cancers and h...

Monday, 17th Mar 25

Areas: david ziegler, marion mateos, brain tumours, DI...

New tools to help diagnose cancers and rare genetic disease...

Our researchers have developed a new suite of tools and resources to help diagnose cancers and rare ...

Tuesday, 11th Mar 25

Areas: computational biology, genetics, precision medi...

Funding to support continuity of Zero Childhood Cancer for a...

Zero Childhood Cancer will receive a $112.6 million investment from the Australian Government to ext...

Thursday, 6th Mar 25

Areas: zero childhood cancer, precision medicine, pers...

A 20-year record of fast-tracking treatments into clinical t...

For the past 20 years, our Institute has been testing potential new leukaemia treatments to help fas...

Wednesday, 11th Dec 24

Areas: leukaemia, leukaemia biology, richard lock, can...

Australian Cancer Research Foundation awards $5 million majo...

Australian Cancer Research Foundation awards $5 million major grant to launch world leading childhoo...

Wednesday, 27th Nov 24

Areas: cancer biology, zero, ACRF, CCIA, new thereputics

New drug yields extraordinary results in childhood leukaemia

Our team has discovered that a new-generation drug developed to treat T-cell acute lymphoblastic leu...

Monday, 18th Nov 24

Areas: leukaemia, leukaemia biology, cancer biology, r...

Leading medical research institute signs up to Technician Co...

Children’s Cancer Institute has become the first Australian medical research institute to commit t...

Wednesday, 23rd Oct 24

Areas: technician commitment, enabling platforms, tech...

Researchers feature in The Australian ‘Top 100 Innovators ...

Children’s Cancer Institute was proud to see two of its researchers, Professor Paul Ekert and Chel...

Tuesday, 22nd Oct 24

Areas: zero childhood cancer, immunotherapy, personali...

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a time to acknowledge the extraordinary impact that c...

Sunday, 1st Sep 24

Areas: news, childhood cancer awareness month, donate,...

Grant supports ‘first in class’ treatment drug for deadl...

A bold research project at Children’s Cancer Institute that could lead to the first-ever effective...

Wednesday, 17th Jul 24

Areas: jean bertoldo, Chemical Biology & Target-Based ...

Australian research paves way for new cancer therapy

The possibility of a whole new approach to treating the childhood cancer, neuroblastoma — and pote...

Friday, 12th Jul 24

Areas: children's cancer, research, Tour de Cure Austr...

World-first study into precision medicine for high-risk chil...

In a world-first, Australian researchers and clinicians have shown that precision medicine – where...

Friday, 7th Jun 24

Areas: zero childhood cancer, personalised medicine, d...

Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre reaches hi...

The Sydney Children’s Hospital Stage 1 and Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre has r...

Tuesday, 30th Apr 24

Areas: MCCCC, minderoo children's comprehensive cancer...

Cooper Rice-Brading Foundation funding to benefit sarcoma re...

Young Australians fighting sarcoma, an aggressive tumour that mainly affects children, teenagers, an...

Thursday, 15th Feb 24

Areas: sarcoma, emmy fleuren, sarcoma biology and ther...

Precision medicine now available to all children with cancer...

A landmark moment in the treatment of children with cancer was reached in November, with the Zero Ch...

Wednesday, 20th Dec 23

Areas: zero childhood cancer, precision medicine, zero...

NHMRC grants reward researchers with bright ideas

Four groundbreaking research projects at Children’s Cancer Institute have been awarded ‘2023 Ide...

Monday, 18th Dec 23

Areas: funding, grant, leukaemia, acute lymphoblastic ...

Professor Maria Kavallaris awarded the Walter Burfitt Prize

Leading researcher, Professor Maria Kavallaris AM, has been awarded the prestigious Royal Society of...

Thursday, 30th Nov 23

Areas: maria kavallaris, translational cancer nanomedi...

Professor Michelle Haber honoured by The CEO Magazine at gal...

Professor Michelle Haber has been honoured for her outstanding contribution to childhood cancer rese...

Friday, 17th Nov 23

Areas: michelle haber, award, director, board, media r...

New funding announced for cutting-edge cancer research

Children’s Cancer Institute has been announced as the recipient of a $2 million grant from the Aus...

Thursday, 16th Nov 23

Areas: funding, immunotherapy, immunology, paul ekert,...

Professor Michelle Haber awarded 2023 Sidney Sax medal

The AHHA today announced it will award the 2023 Sidney Sax medal for outstanding contributions to th...

Thursday, 26th Oct 23

Areas: michelle haber, zero childhood cancer, experime...

New $15m frontier technology centre to develop next-generati...

The Australian Centre for Targeted Therapeutics (ACTT) has been awarded $15 million from the MRFF to...

Friday, 13th Oct 23

Areas: media release, michelle haber, collaboration, d...

The bittersweet story of childhood leukaemia

In our second blog for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we look at the two sides of childhood leuka...

Friday, 15th Sep 23

Areas: childhood cancer, cancer awareness, leukaemia, ...

Best in class: Good Design Award Accolade goes to data analy...

A new digital platform developed for the Zero Childhood Cancer Program (ZERO)—Australia’s world-...

Monday, 11th Sep 23

Areas: award, computational biology, zero childhood ca...

Professor David Ziegler awarded prestigious scientific award

Leading childhood cancer researcher and paediatric oncologist Professor David Ziegler will receive t...

Wednesday, 6th Sep 23

Areas: news, david ziegler, award, brain tumour, brain...

Join us this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a time when we honour all children with cancer – pa...

Friday, 1st Sep 23

Areas: childhood cancer, childhood cancer awareness, c...

Statement – Pareto Phone Data breach

On 8 August 2023 we were informed that Children’s Cancer Institute and numerous other charities ac...

Tuesday, 29th Aug 23

Areas: data, news release, communications

Human Genome Project: 20 years later

It's now 20 years since The Human Genome Project officially ended. Heralded as “one of the greates...

Monday, 14th Aug 23

Areas: sydney, cancer, genome, human genome project, g...

Screening genes for the right treatment: new hope for childr...

Our researchers have found that they can improve the chances of finding the right drug to kill their...

Wednesday, 2nd Aug 23

Areas: zero childhood cancer, personalised medicine, p...

New Deputy Directors appointed at Children’s Cancer Instit...

Children’s Cancer institute is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Deputy Directors: As...

Friday, 28th Jul 23

Areas: deputy directors, leadership, mark cowley, paul...

National clinical trial ecosystem will enable more treatment...

Clinical trial and drug access for Australian adults and children with cancer will be improved by Pr...

Thursday, 27th Jul 23

Areas: precision medicine, personalised medicine, zero...

Surviving sarcoma: Ashleigh’s story

What’s it like to have cancer as a child? In our third blog for Sarcoma Awareness Month, we share ...

Friday, 21st Jul 23

Areas: sydney, sarcoma, cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma, sa...

Anya’s Wish – Sarcoma research to make a difference

In our second Sarcoma Awareness month blog, we talk to researcher Zara Barger about a unique and ver...

Friday, 14th Jul 23

Immunotherapy for children with sarcoma

July is Sarcoma Awareness month – a time for learning more about sarcoma and its impact. In this b...

Monday, 10th Jul 23

Areas: sydney, sarcoma, cancer, awareness, osteosarcom...

ZERO enrols 1000th child – a milestone in Australia’s me...

A milestone in Australia’s medical history was reached this week with the enrolment of the 1000th ...

Monday, 3rd Jul 23

Areas: zero childhood cancer, precision medicine, pers...

Day in the life: brain cancer researcher

Today marks the final day of brain cancer awareness month, a month dedicated to bringing awareness t...

Wednesday, 31st May 23

Areas: brain cancer, childhood cancer, cancer, cancer ...

Australian nanomedicine research a ‘milestone’ in the tr...

Our nanomedicine researchers have come up with a new approach to solving a decades-old clinical prob...

Thursday, 18th May 23

Areas: maria kavallaris, translational cancer nanomedi...

A new clinical trial for children with brain cancer

Our Brain Tumours team’s mission is to find safe and effective ways to treat deadly brain cancers....

Monday, 8th May 23

Brain cancer in focus: An introduction

May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month – an important opportunity to learn more about brain cancer an...

Monday, 1st May 23

Areas: brain cancer, brain cancer awareness month, chi...

Exciting new research boosted by Cancer Council NSW funding

Four exciting research projects are to receive significant new funding of almost $1.8 million throug...

Monday, 17th Apr 23

Areas: grant, funding, leukaemia biology, leukaemia, i...

Australian-led study paves way to more children with cancer ...

In a world-first, our researchers have found that many more children with cancer than previously rea...

Tuesday, 4th Apr 23

Areas: media release, news, chelsea mayoh, bioinformat...

Celebrating International Women's Day 2023

Join us this year in celebrating International Women's Day 2023. A day dedicated to highlighting som...

Wednesday, 8th Mar 23

Areas: international women's day, THINK, drug discover...

Zero Childhood Cancer precision medicine program expands to ...

The Zero Childhood Cancer Program (ZERO), Australia’s world-leading precision medicine program for...

Wednesday, 15th Feb 23

Areas: childhood cancer, medicine program, expansion, ...

Main works underway on new $658 million Sydney Children's Ho...

New designs have been unveiled for the $658 million Sydney Children’s Hospital Stage 1 and Mindero...

Friday, 10th Feb 23

New clinical trial for fatal childhood brain cancer

A new clinical trial for fatal paediatric brain cancer, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), has...

Saturday, 4th Feb 23

Areas: DIPG, brain cancer, david ziegler, brain tumour...

Research collaboration discovers how retrotransposons fuel d...

A research collaboration in the US and Australia has discovered a novel way by which highly repetiti...

Wednesday, 30th Nov 22

Areas: michelle haber, murray norris, experimental the...

Inaugural ZERO symposium brings together precision oncology ...

The inaugural Zero Childhood Cancer Program (ZERO) National Symposium brought together leading natio...

Monday, 7th Nov 22

Areas: zero childhood cancer, personalised medicine, V...

Computational biology – harnessing data to tackle childhoo...

Take a look at the increasingly important field of computational biology within childhood cancer res...

Thursday, 27th Oct 22

Areas: computational biology, personalised medicine, m...

A life should be long | Show your support this Childhood Can...

September is International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and we are launching our new ‘A life s...

Thursday, 1st Sep 22

Areas: a life should be long, childhood cancer, childh...

Immunotherapy for kids with cancer: rapidly-evolving areas o...

In the final blog in our ‘rapidly evolving areas of research’ series, we look at the emerging ar...

Thursday, 25th Aug 22

Areas: immunotherapy, blog, paul ekert, translational ...

Matching treatments to patients: the value of preclinical te...

In personalised medicine, the idea is to match each patient with the right treatment … but how do ...

Thursday, 18th Aug 22

Areas: blog, personalised medicine, translational tumo...

Predicting cancer in children: rapidly-evolving areas of res...

In this second blog in our ‘rapidly-evolving areas of research’ series, we look at the exciting ...

Thursday, 11th Aug 22

Areas: mark pinese, genomic childhood cancer risk, gen...

Epigenetics: rapidly-evolving areas of research

In the first of a series looking at rapidly-evolving areas within childhood cancer research − we l...

Thursday, 4th Aug 22

Areas: epigenetics, fatima valdes mora, fa valdes mora...

Childhood cancer researcher recognised for fostering the nex...

Leading childhood cancer researcher, Professor Maria Kavallaris AM, has been named a finalist for th...

Wednesday, 27th Jul 22

Areas: maria kavallaris, translational cancer nanomedi...

Genome sequencing provides new path to monitoring cancer in ...

New research led by Children's Cancer Institute suggests next generation sequencing technology may p...

Thursday, 7th Jul 22

Areas: minimal residual disease, blood cancers, michel...

$658M Sydney Children's Hospital and Minderoo Children's Com...

Construction of the $658 million Sydney Children’s Hospital Stage 1 redevelopment and Australia’...

Friday, 10th Jun 22

Areas: media release, government, cccc

Professor Michelle Haber elected to distinguished Australian...

Professor Michelle Haber AM, Executive Director of Children’s Cancer Institute and world-leading c...

Thursday, 26th May 22

Areas: michelle haber, award, media release, experimen...

New treatments for brain cancer – the critical role of cli...

In our second blog during Brain Cancer Awareness month, we explain the testing that every potential ...

Tuesday, 24th May 22

Areas: brain cancer, clinical trials, brain tumours, d...

A personalised approach for children with brain cancer

This Brain Cancer Awareness Month, we shine a light on how precision medicine is helping to deliver ...

Thursday, 19th May 22

Areas: brain cancer, brain cancer awareness month, zer...

ACRF Launches Liquid Biopsy Program for Children with Cancer

A game-changing liquid biopsy program, the first of its kind in Australia, is set to provide clinici...

Wednesday, 11th May 22

Areas: liquid biopsy, news, media release, personalise...

Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre to Provide...

Today the Hon. Greg Hunt MP announced a major philanthropic donation for Australia’s first Childre...

Tuesday, 12th Apr 22

Areas: media release, childrens comprehensive cancer c...

$185 million investment to fast-track treatments for rare an...

Children’s Cancer Institute is to be part of a new partnership that will strengthen Australia’s ...

Thursday, 17th Mar 22

Areas: funding, government, zero childhood cancer, dru...

Celebrating International Women's Day

This International Women’s Day we acknowledge the incredible contribution of women to Children’s...

Tuesday, 8th Mar 22

Areas: women, research, international womens day, pers...

Cancer Council NSW funds exciting new research at Children's...

Funding from Cancer Council NSW will support three new research projects aimed at improving survival...

Monday, 28th Feb 22

Areas: david ziegler, richard lock, bellamy cheung, br...

Closing the care gap | World Cancer Day 2022

World Cancer Day is a global event dedicated to awareness and prevention of cancer. This year the th...

Friday, 4th Feb 22

Areas: blog, world cancer day, awareness, zero childho...

Our new virtual lab tour

We are delighted to officially launch Children’s Cancer Institute’s first virtual lab tour!

Friday, 4th Feb 22

Areas: virtual tour, labs, media, news, media release,...

Improving the chances for children with high-risk cancers: n...

A world-first study led by Australian scientists and clinicians has found a way to improve the thera...

Tuesday, 21st Dec 21

Areas: zero childhood cancer, personalised medicine, g...

A new age in children’s healthcare for Sydney

Family rooms, green outdoor spaces and treatment facilities are just some of the highlights of Austr...

Friday, 17th Dec 21

Areas: CCCC, children's comprehensive cancer centre, m...

Madeleine's Diary of a Researcher

This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we’re delighted to take you into the labs with Madeleine, r...

Wednesday, 29th Sep 21

Areas: research, childhood cancer awareness month, exp...

‘Moving the dial’ on treatment for childhood cancer

For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, let’s take a look at where things are moving to in the treat...

Friday, 24th Sep 21

Areas: childhood cancer, blood cancers, richard lock, ...

New DNA-based test on the horizon for children with solid tu...

Research has revealed that the new technology of whole-genome sequencing can be used to identify tum...

Monday, 13th Sep 21

Areas: Zero Childhood Cancer, personalised medicine, m...

Fast-tracking new treatments into clinical trials for childr...

Our researchers have been awarded more than AUD$3 million by the USA’s National Cancer Institute t...

Monday, 6th Sep 21

Areas: leukaemia, richard lock, leukaemia biology, blo...

Professor Maria Kavallaris nominated for prestigious science...

Professor Maria Kavallaris AM, a leading childhood cancer researcher, was today named a finalist for...

Thursday, 2nd Sep 21

Areas: maria kavallaris, awards, award, nanomedicine, ...

Join us this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September marks International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a month when we honour all children ...

Tuesday, 31st Aug 21

Areas: childhood cancer awareness month, leukaemia, br...

Drug discovery in Australia strengthened by expanded access ...

The Australian Lead Identification Consortium today announced the completion of the purpose-built Au...

Monday, 30th Aug 21

Areas: drug discovery centre, childhood cancer, THINK,...

Oncology One announces new drug discovery project with Child...

A new partnership with Australian biotech company, Oncology One Pty Ltd, announced today, will focus...

Thursday, 26th Aug 21

Areas: neuroblastoma, drug discovery centre, THINK, Th...

Improving the outlook for babies with leukaemia

Babies diagnosed with leukaemia have poorer outcomes than older children. What are their treatment o...

Friday, 20th Aug 21

Honours scholarship applications now open

Applications are now open for Honours scholarships at Children's Cancer Institute.

Friday, 6th Aug 21

Areas: students, study, blood cancers, cancer and stem...

Community funding to help kids with sarcoma

New community-generated funding will allow us to ramp up our research into sarcoma, an aggressive ca...

Wednesday, 28th Jul 21

Areas: emmy fleuren, sarcoma, funding, fundraising, tr...

Understanding high-risk leukaemia and how to treat it

To improve survival, we are improving our understanding of aggressive and difficult to treat leukaem...

Wednesday, 7th Jul 21

Areas: leukaemia, charley de bock, t-cell leukaemia, t...

Funding boost improves outlook for children with cancer

A major funding boost from the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) will su...

Thursday, 1st Jul 21

Areas: government, funding, neuroblastoma, sarcoma, le...

New drug combination found to be effective against high-risk...

Our researchers have found what could prove to be a new and effective way to treat a form of high-ri...

Friday, 28th May 21

Areas: Richard Lock, leukaemia biology, blood cancers,...

Multimodal therapy may hold key to treating aggressive child...

Research by our scientists has found a combination of therapies that appears to be highly effective ...

Monday, 17th May 21

Areas: michelle haber, murray norris, neuroblastoma, k...

Australian researchers find new way to target deadly childho...

Research led by scientists at Children’s Cancer Institute offers an exciting new therapeutic appro...

Wednesday, 14th Apr 21

Areas: DIPG, David Ziegler, Brain Tumours, Brain Cance...

Anya’s Wish: finding new treatments for osteosarcoma

Anya’s Wish is a new research project established at Children’s Cancer Institute in memory of An...

Friday, 9th Apr 21

Areas: anyaswish, sarcoma, osteosarcoma, emmy fleuren,...

World-first discovery paves way to new cancer treatment

Our research team have made a world-first discovery that a cellular protein called ALYREF plays a cr...

Friday, 26th Mar 21

Areas: neuroblastoma, glenn marshall, belamy cheung, E...

Celebrating International Women's Day 2021

This International Women’s Day we are proud to celebrate the women that are part of Children’s C...

Monday, 8th Mar 21

Areas: women, international women's day, chelsea mayoh...

A novel therapeutic approach to MYC-driven cancer

Our research team have identified a new novel approach to treating children with high-risk MYCN-driv...

Thursday, 4th Mar 21

Areas: neuroblastoma, MYC, MYCN, belamy cheung, embryo...

Sydney researchers identify/advance potential revolutionary ...

A paper published today in the prestigious journal, Nature Communications, reveals a potential revol...

Friday, 12th Feb 21

Areas: DIPG, David Ziegler, Maria Tsoli, brain cancer,...

Cancer research today: Collaboration is key

World Cancer Day reminds us that cancer is a global problem. And to tackle that problem, a global re...

Friday, 5th Feb 21

Areas: blog, global, world cancer day, worldwide, coll...

Cancer in children – what do the global stats tell us?

World Cancer Day is a global event dedicated to awareness and prevention, and acts as a powerful rem...

Sunday, 31st Jan 21

Areas: blog, statistics, global, world cancer day, wor...

'Outstanding' childhood cancer scientist awarded for researc...

Childhood cancer researcher and cancer survivor Dr Orazio Vittorio has been awarded ‘Outstanding C...

Thursday, 26th Nov 20

Areas: Research

Opening the black box of childhood cancer – results from a...

The success of an Australian program which aims to find the most-likely-to-succeed personalised trea...

Tuesday, 6th Oct 20

Areas: Zero Childhood Cancer, Personalised Medicine, r...

Leading childhood cancer researcher nominated for prestigiou...

Tuesday, 29th Sep 20

Areas: awards, Maria Kavallaris, Translational Cancer ...

Zero Childhood Cancer: How far have we come?

Thursday, 10th Sep 20

Areas: Zero childhood cancer, Personalised medicine, r...

Awareness Wednesday: Discover and Translate

Saturday, 5th Sep 20

Areas: research, Zero childhood cancer, Personalised m...

Finding new treatments for those who need them most

Monday, 10th Aug 20

Areas: sarcoma, research paper, Embryonal Cancer Thera...

Blocking copper uptake in tumour cells may be clue to boosti...

Friday, 7th Aug 20

Areas: neuroblastoma, brain cancer, research, immunoth...

Spotlight: Sarcoma in kids

With July being Sarcoma Awareness month, it’s a good opportunity to raise awareness of sarcoma, it...

Tuesday, 21st Jul 20

Areas: sarcoma, research, Translational Tumour Biology

Executive Director addresses largest cancer research meeting...

Professor Michelle Haber AM, Executive Director of Children’s Cancer Institute, today addressed th...

Thursday, 25th Jun 20

Areas: Michelle Haber, Events/conferences, Zero Childh...

Targeting stem cells: the path to curing poor-prognosis leuk...

Friday, 19th Jun 20

Areas: Blood Cancers, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, le...

Australia to lead world-first trial in children with brain c...

Tuesday, 9th Jun 20

Areas: research, targeted therapy, brain cancer

Nanomedicine for brain cancer – a world of possibilities

Friday, 29th May 20

Areas: Translational Cancer Nanomedicine, Gene Therape...

In focus: Brain cancer in kids

Tuesday, 12th May 20

Areas: brain cancer, research

Science spotlight: Minimal Residual Disease testing

Thursday, 7th May 20

Areas: Blood Cancers, Molecular Diagnostics, leukaemia...

Diary of a Researcher

Tuesday, 5th May 20

Areas: Blood Cancers, Molecular Diagnostics, leukaemia...

$67m funding collaboration: All Australian children with can...

ZCC Announcement

Thursday, 30th Apr 20

Areas: Personalised Medicine, Zero Childhood Cancer, g...

A message from Professor Michelle Haber

Wednesday, 22nd Apr 20

Areas: Michelle Haber, fundraising

Science spotlight: Metallomics

Friday, 27th Mar 20

Areas: Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, Meta...

An update on our life-saving research

Wednesday, 25th Mar 20

Areas: research

Children’s cancer researcher awarded NSW Premier’s Woman...

Thursday, 5th Mar 20

Areas: Translational Cancer Nanomedicine, Tumour Biolo...

Research boosts progress towards personalised cancer treatme...

Wednesday, 22nd Jan 20

Areas: research, personalised medicine

'Liquid biopsy' - an exciting new test for childhood cancer

A generous grant from the ACRF will allow us to develop a revolutionary new way to diagnose cancer i...

Tuesday, 21st Jan 20

Areas: liquid biopsy, personalised medicine, tumour, z...

International research collaboration reveals promising drug ...

Thursday, 16th Jan 20

Areas: Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, Mole...

Neuroblastoma research points to new possibilities in treatm...

Tuesday, 10th Dec 19

Areas: Translational Cancer Nanomedicine, Tumour Biolo...

New therapy shows ‘dramatic’ effect against worst leukae...

Tuesday, 10th Dec 19

Areas: leukaemia targeted therapy, richard lock, leuka...

Researchers find new way to target childhood cancer

Monday, 18th Nov 19

Areas: Gene Regulation in Cancer, Gene Dysregulation, ...

Our New Research Structure

Thursday, 17th Oct 19

Areas: research, history

DIPG: Shining A Light On The Deadliest Childhood Cancer

Thursday, 26th Sep 19

Areas: research, Brain cancer, DIPG

Awareness Wednesday: Immunotherapy

Thursday, 26th Sep 19

Areas: research, leukaemia, immunotherapy

Children’s Cancer Institute welcome the Governor-General a...

Governor General and Linda Hurley

Wednesday, 4th Sep 19

Areas: governor general, david hurley, media release, ...

Our Supporters Turn Out in Record Numbers for this Year's Ci...

Monday, 12th Aug 19

Areas: events, fundraising, city2surf

New Gene Found in Neuroblastoma Offers Possibility of Target...

Wednesday, 31st Jul 19

Areas: Gene Regulation in Cancer, Gene Dysregulation, ...

New gene found for a deadly childhood cancer offers possibil...

Wednesday, 31st Jul 19

Areas: Gene Regulation in Cancer, Gene Dysregulation, ...

Anticancer Drug CBL0137 Highly Effective Against Infant Leuk...

Sunday, 28th Jul 19

Areas: research, leukaemia, research paper, research, ...

Australian researchers find chink in the armour of one of th...

Sunday, 28th Jul 19

Areas: Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, leuk...

Therapy Developed For Alzheimers Could Help Leukaemia Patien...

Sunday, 30th Jun 19

Areas: charley de bock, Blood Cancers, Functional Geno...

New research paves the way for safer leukaemia treatments

Thursday, 30th May 19

Areas: Functional Genomics of Leukaemia, leukaemia, re...

Science Spotlight: Leukaemia Stem Cells

Monday, 27th May 19

Areas: research, leukaemia, stem cells, Blood Cancers,...

Minderoo Foundation’s $5 million donation to Zero Childhoo...

Wednesday, 15th May 19

Areas: minderoo foundation, Zero Childhood Cancer, fun...

Endure For A Cure 2019 – The Power Of The Pedal

Thursday, 18th Apr 19

Areas: events, fundraising, endure for a cure

Childhood cancer scientist rewarded for research excellence

Monday, 1st Apr 19

Areas: awards, Maria Kavallaris, Translational Cancer ...

Leading children’s cancer scientist awarded for outstandin...

Friday, 15th Mar 19

Areas: awards, Murray Norris, Molecular Targets and Ca...

Dr Angelica Merlot awarded 2019 NSW Young Woman of the Year

Wednesday, 13th Mar 19

Areas: awards, angelica merlot, tumour biology and tar...

World-Class Children's Comprehensive Cancer Centre Announced

Friday, 1st Mar 19

Areas: government, funding, comprehensive children's c...

Meet new Team Leader, Dr Charles de Bock

Thursday, 28th Feb 19

Areas: charley de bock, leukaemia, team leader, resear...

Our researchers combine an old drug with a new one to starve...

Monday, 18th Feb 19

Areas: neuroblastoma, research paper, clinical trial, ...

Australian Scientists Discover a Potential Way to Treat and ...

Friday, 1st Feb 19

Areas: Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, neur...

Maria Kavallaris receives Order of Australia

Saturday, 26th Jan 19

Areas: awards, Maria Kavallaris, Translational Cancer ...

Fundamental mechanism behind chemotherapy resistance reveale...

Monday, 17th Dec 18

Areas: research, leukaemia, chemotherapy, Leukaemia Bi...

Partnerships: Cancer Therapeutics CRC

Thursday, 13th Dec 18

Areas: research, drug discovery centre, Personalised m...

New imaging method could help treat and monitor neuroblastom...

Monday, 19th Nov 18

Areas: research, neuroblastoma, Orazio Vittorio, metal...

New Drug OBI-3424 An ‘Orphan Drug’ To Treat Acute Leukae...

Monday, 19th Nov 18

Areas: leukaemia, research, Blood cancers, Leukaemia b...

How Targeting Copper Levels in Tumours Could Hold Key to One...

Monday, 19th Nov 18

Areas: Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, Meta...

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Friday, 5th Oct 18

Areas: events, fundraising, childhood cancer awareness...

Awareness Wednesday: Drug Discovery

Wednesday, 19th Sep 18

Areas: drug discovery centre, research

Awareness Wednesday: Cancer Genomics

Wednesday, 12th Sep 18

Areas: research, cancer genomics

Media Release: 'Zero Childhood Cancer' Clinical Trial Delive...

Sunday, 2nd Sep 18

Areas: Personalised Medicine, Zero Childhood Cancer, m...

Tracking cancer with gold-coated nanoparticles

Thursday, 30th Aug 18

Areas: Translational Cancer Nanomedicine, Gene Therape...

A little girl’s legacy: Olivia Lambert Team Leader appoint...

Wednesday, 29th Aug 18

Areas: neuroblastoma, Joshua McCarroll, olivia lambert...

Media Release: Prime Minister announces $5 million funding b...

Monday, 16th Jul 18

Areas: government, media release, brain cancer

A global effort to improve childhood cancer treatment

Friday, 13th Jul 18

Areas: leukaemia, research, Blood cancers, Leukaemia b...

Let’s talk about nanomedicine

Thursday, 5th Jul 18

Areas: conference, Translational Cancer Nanomedicine

Nano-stars – targeting a deadly childhood brain cancer

Wednesday, 27th Jun 18

Areas: Translational Cancer Nanomedicine, research, br...

We’ve created our road map for the next five years

Wednesday, 30th May 18

Areas: history, research

Forging new alliances to tackle childhood cancer

Wednesday, 23rd May 18

Areas: neuroblastoma, research, partnerships

Neuroblastoma researchers build bridges in San Francisco

murray norris san francisco

Tuesday, 15th May 18

Areas: neuroblastoma, conference

$1 million funding boost for Zero Childhood Cancer program

Friday, 11th May 18

Areas: government, Zero Childhood Cancer, Personalised...

My first Mother’s Day without Byron

Friday, 11th May 18

Areas: neuroblastoma

The past, present and future for young Australians with canc...

Tuesday, 1st May 18

Areas: research, leukaemia, neuroblastoma, Zero Childh...

Dr Toby Trahair childhood cancer researcher and fundraiser w...

Thursday, 26th Apr 18

Areas: event, fundraising, toby trahair, zero childhoo...

My Daughter's Cancer Journey

Monday, 23rd Apr 18

Areas: leukaemia, families

New hope for children's brain cancer

Wednesday, 18th Apr 18

Areas: Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, Brai...

Reining In A Runaway Gene In Neuroblastoma

Friday, 6th Apr 18

Areas: neuroblastoma, research

Zero Childhood Cancer national clinical trial – 6 months o...

children running

Thursday, 22nd Mar 18

Areas: Zero childhood cancer, Personalised medicine, r...

It’s in the Delivery: Researchers Find a New Way to Target...

professor maria kavallaris

Monday, 12th Mar 18

Areas: Tumour Biology and Targeting, Translational Ca...

Sydney researchers find a way to target and kill one of the ...

Monday, 12th Mar 18

Areas: neuroblastoma, nanomedicine, research

Meet a Researcher: Q&A with Dr Marion Le Grand

marion le grande

Thursday, 15th Feb 18

Areas: neuroblastoma, Translational Cancer Nanomedicin...

Opening doors to a world of scientific exchange

student exchange ccia

Wednesday, 7th Feb 18

Areas: research, collaboration

VR helps scientists ‘walk’ through cancer cells together

scientist researchers using vr

Monday, 8th Jan 18

Areas: research, Tumour Biology and Targeting, Transla...

How specific DNA ‘microdeletions’ help predict leukaemia...

leukaemia micro deletion relapse

Monday, 11th Dec 17

Areas: leukaemia, research, paper, Molecular diagnosti...

Lexie's Christmas

Without treatment, Lexie had two weeks to live. Overnight she became ‘the kid with cancer’.

Thursday, 7th Dec 17

Areas: stage 4 neuroblastoma, stories, neuroblastoma, ...

A very techie Christmas

We’ve already started opening our presents. Christmas has come early as new technologies take thei...

Tuesday, 28th Nov 17

Areas: technology, christmas

How do clinical trials work?

children running

Wednesday, 22nd Nov 17

Areas: research, clinical trial

Meet A Researcher: Q&A With Biljana Dumevska

researcher biljana dumevska

Wednesday, 15th Nov 17

Areas: Personalised Medicine, Zero Childhood Cancer

We made great strides with childhood leukaemia & we can do t...

brain scans strides made

Friday, 10th Nov 17

Areas: research paper, leukaemia, brain cancer, David ...

Potential Leukaemia Drug Excites International Researchers

professor richard lock

Thursday, 2nd Nov 17

Areas: conference, research, leukaemia, Leukamia Biolo...

Fighting Fund For Brain Cancer Aims To Double Survival

brain scan images

Monday, 30th Oct 17

Areas: government, funding, brain cancer, Zero childho...

Resistance is Futile: The MRP1 Story

researchers in lab

Wednesday, 18th Oct 17

Areas: neuroblastoma, leukaemia, research

How a Dad's Insights can Help Research

Wednesday, 11th Oct 17

Areas: research, families, neuroblastoma

Awareness Wednesday: the Future of Childhood Cancer Research

vigil cancer awareness

Wednesday, 27th Sep 17

Areas: Zero childhood cancer, Personalised medicine, r...

Awareness Wednesday: going into clinic

minister hunt with child

Wednesday, 20th Sep 17

Areas: clinical trial, research, Personalised medicine...

Zero Childhood Cancer personalised medicine clinical trial l...

minister hunt with jade

Monday, 18th Sep 17

Areas: clinical trial, Zero Childhood Cancer, personal...

Children with most aggressive cancers to benefit from Austra...

Monday, 18th Sep 17

Areas: Personalised Medicine, Zero Childhood Cancer, c...

Awareness Wednesday: Testing our results

researcher holding flask

Wednesday, 13th Sep 17

Areas: Drug discovery centre, brain cancer, leukaemia

Awareness Wednesday: Starting with the Basics

neuroblastoma cells

Wednesday, 6th Sep 17

Areas: research, translation, Childhood Cancer Awarene...

When I grow up, I want to cure cancer

toby ash in lab

Monday, 4th Sep 17

Areas: research, sarcoma, Gene Regulation in Cancer, E...

Meet a scientist keeping drug discovery robots in line

Karessa Mercado keeps our ACRF Drug Discovery Centre, with its state-of-the-art robotics, running sm...

Wednesday, 23rd Aug 17

Areas: Drug discovery centre, Zero childhood cancer, M...

How we’re stopping neuroblastoma’s blood supply in its t...

stopping neuroblastoma’s blood supply in its tracks

Friday, 11th Aug 17

Areas: neuroblastoma, Metal-Targeted Therapy and Immu...

Eureka! Prof Michelle Haber a finalist in Australian science...

michelle haber finalist

Friday, 28th Jul 17

Areas: Michelle Haber, awards

Sights set on an aggressive childhood leukaemia

Monday, 17th Jul 17

Areas: Blood cancers, Molecular diagnostics, leukaemia

Childhood cancers defy current understanding

cancers defy understanding

Wednesday, 21st Jun 17

Areas: research, Paediatric, neuroblastoma

Changing the future for children with brain cancer

Friday, 2nd Jun 17

Areas: brain cancer, Brain Tumours, Molecular Targets ...

Explainer: what is nanomedicine and how can it improve child...

medulloblastoma

Wednesday, 24th May 17

Areas: Translational Cancer Nanomedicine, research

Clinical trials and Lind’s ‘acid test’

Thursday, 18th May 17

Areas: research, clinicial trial

The microbe that started a revolution

nicki and jodie

Thursday, 27th Apr 17

Areas: microbe revolution, nanomedicine, maria kavalla...

Zero Childhood Cancer update

researcher microscope

Tuesday, 18th Apr 17

Areas: Zero childhood cancer, Personalised medicine, c...

How parent's insights help my research

dr orazio microscope

Tuesday, 4th Apr 17

Areas: neuroblastoma, orazio vittorio, research, Metal...

New leukaemia subtype found by DNA test

rosemary sutton

Friday, 31st Mar 17

Areas: leukaemia, research paper, Molecular diagnostic...

Facts & figures draw a picture of childhood cancer

Wednesday, 22nd Mar 17

Areas: leukaemia, brain cancer, neuroblastoma

Joining the dots to find neuroblastoma drug target

Thursday, 16th Mar 17

Areas: research, tao liu, gene regulation in cancer, g...

Meet a Researcher: Q&A with Dr Alvin Kamili

Monday, 6th Mar 17

Areas: neuroblastoma, personalised medicine, zero chil...

Neuroblastoma treatment search: polyamine puzzles and beyond

Jigsaw Puzzle Polyamine

Thursday, 23rd Feb 17

Areas: neuroblastoma, research, clinical trial

Glowing report: firefly gene shows hidden leukaemia cells

Thursday, 16th Feb 17

Areas: leukaemia, research paper, Leukaemia biology, B...

Taking a walk inside a cancer cell

inside cancer cell

Tuesday, 14th Feb 17

Areas: research, Tumour Biology and Targeting, Transla...

An Aussie anti-cancer drug success story

cancer cells blood smear

Friday, 20th Jan 17

Areas: clinical trial, leukaemia, Leukaemia Biology, B...

Nixon's Christmas

Nixon entered the world, tiny and adorable. But this little baby was already in the fight of his lif...

Thursday, 22nd Dec 16

Areas: baby born with cancer, stories, nixon, brain ca...

NSW to become world leader in paediatric research with Austr...

Tuesday, 13th Dec 16

Areas: paediatric, media release, government

Big data wrangling: Bioinformatics and cancer research

Monday, 12th Dec 16

Areas: Chelsea Mayoh, Bioinformatics, Personalised med...

Profiler: what makes cancer cells’ metabolism different?

Monday, 5th Dec 16

Areas: neuroblastoma, research

We need better treatment for childhood cancer, with fewer si...

Friday, 4th Nov 16

Areas: zero childhood cancer, research, personalised m...

$20M from Federal Government for Personalised Medicine Progr...

Thursday, 3rd Nov 16

Areas: Personalised Medicine, Zero Childhood Cancer, g...

Four seasons in one lab

freezer nitrogen

Tuesday, 1st Nov 16

Areas: research

Skeletons in cancer fight

cancer cells skeleton

Thursday, 27th Oct 16

Areas: Tumour biology and targeting, research

Professor Maria Kavallaris elected AAHMS Fellow

Friday, 7th Oct 16

Areas: Maria Kavallaris, awards, Translational Cancer ...

It’s our party: 40 years of research

40 years of research cci history

Friday, 30th Sep 16

Areas: leukaemia, history, events, fundraising

Children’s Cancer Institute celebrates 40th anniversary

Thursday, 29th Sep 16

Areas: media release, history, anniversary

Awareness Wednesday: Brain cancers

brain cancer researcher

Wednesday, 28th Sep 16

Areas: research, brain cancer, DIPG, Zero Childhood Ca...

Targeting high-risk leukaemia subtypes

leukaemia cells high risk

Tuesday, 27th Sep 16

Areas: research paper, leukaemia, Blood Cancers, Leuka...

Awareness Wednesday: Leukaemia

dr richard lock hair

Wednesday, 21st Sep 16

Areas: research, leukaemia, Blood Cancers, Leukaemia B...

Awareness Wednesday: Neuroblastoma

eddy lab equipment

Wednesday, 14th Sep 16

Areas: research, Zero childhood cancer, neuroblastoma

Awareness Wednesday: Childhood cancer fast facts

plate with gloves

Wednesday, 7th Sep 16

Areas: leukaemia, brain cancer, neuroblastoma, childho...

Robots play major role in tailoring treatment for kid's high...

Friday, 2nd Sep 16

Areas: Personalised Medicine, Zero Childhood Cancer, A...

Meet our researchers: Prof Maria Kavallaris

professor maria kavallaris

Sunday, 7th Aug 16

Areas: Maria Kavallaris, Tumour Biology and Targeting...

Prime Minister announces major funding commitment for Zero C...

Tuesday, 31st May 16

Areas: government, media release, brain cancer

A way to target the Achilles heel of neuroblastoma

researchers mycn cbl0137

Thursday, 5th Nov 15

Areas: research paper, neuroblastoma

Zero Childhood Cancer program aims to push survival rates to...

Wednesday, 2nd Sep 15

Areas: Personalised Medicine, Zero Childhood Cancer, m...

Deputy Director appointed AM

Monday, 8th Jun 15

Areas: Murray Norris, awards, Molecular Targets and Ca...

Michelle Haber inaugural fellow AAHMS

Thursday, 26th Mar 15

Areas: Michelle Haber, awards, Molecular Targets and C...

Children’s Cancer Institute and Sydney Children’s Hospit...

Tuesday, 2nd Sep 14

Areas: neuroblastoma, clinical trial

Children’s Cancer Institute’s Executive Director wins to...

Saturday, 23rd Aug 14

Areas: michelle haber, awards, Molecular Targets and C...

30 years closer: Children’s Cancer Institute celebrates th...

Children's Cancer Institute - 30 Years Closer

Monday, 26th May 14

Areas: media release, history, research

Prestigious Commonwealth investment heralds a new era in chi...

Monday, 3rd Mar 14

Areas: personalised medicine, government

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Acknowledgement of Country

Children’s Cancer Institute would like to acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidigal people as the Traditional Custodians of the unceded land we work on. We pay our respects to the Elders, past, present and emerging; and recognise their cultural and spiritual relationships with the land, water and sea. It is our privilege to learn from their rich contributions to society and science as we work toward finding a cure for all children with cancer.