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For over 40 years researchers at the Garvan Institute have been dedicated to the kind of medical research that aims to relieve human suffering and improve quality of life. Our work encompasses a range of diseases that can affect people from early childhood through to late in life.Garvan dome with man and child

 

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Study shows that prostate cancer increases the risk of bone fracture

MEDIA RELEASE: 14 May 2008 As unlikely as it sounds, scientists at Garvan have shown that there is a link between prostate cancer and a higher risk of bone fracture. Their study suggests that men with prostate cancer face a 50% higher risk of fracture, which increases to nearly 100% if they are receiving androgen deprivation therapy for their prostate cancer.
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Genotyping takes us closer to an osteoporosis fingerprint

MEDIA RELEASE: 30 Apr 2008 Garvan collaborated with the Icelandic genetics company, deCode, in an extensive multi-nation genome-wide search to find the genes linked to osteoporosis and fracture. Five regions of interest have been identified that appear to warrant further scientific investigation.
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Manipulating the immune system like a parasite

MEDIA RELEASE: 09 Apr 2008 Scientists from Garvan and UTS have received a grant to study ways of mimicking the tactics used by parasites to trick the body into accepting transplanted tissues or organs
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Fracture Risk Calculator

A calculator developed by scientists in Garvan's Bone Program, based on data from the 18-year Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study. For men and women 60 years and over to assess their individual risk of fracture:

www.fractureriskcalculator.com

 

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