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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

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Inaugural ZERO symposium brings together precision oncology ...

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

Monday, 7th Nov 22

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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$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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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$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

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Celebrating International Women's Day

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

Tuesday, 8th Mar 22