All Media Releases

17 May 2013: Garvan and St Vincent’s Welcome Critical Prostate Cancer Funding for The Kinghorn Cancer Centre

16 May 2013: Garvan and Cancer Therapeutics CRC Pty Ltd License Pan-Kinase Binding Agent to SYNkinase

14 May 2013: Evidence that brains re-wire themselves following damage or injury

01 May 2013: John Schubert becomes Chairman of Garvan

28 Apr 2013: The connection between faulty neural activation and schizophrenia

10 Apr 2013: Obesity may explain reduced bone fracture worldwide

02 Apr 2013: Forget about plaque when diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease

18 Mar 2013: How the immune system positions its gatekeepers

19 Feb 2013: NSW lifestyle medicine program for severe mental illness adapted for use in UK

06 Feb 2013: The brain circuit that makes it hard for obese people to lose weight

04 Feb 2013: A step towards better understanding of pancreatic cancer

31 Jan 2013: Cellular garbage may explain effects of insulin resistance and diabetes

21 Jan 2013: Measuring distress in people with Types 1 and 2 diabetes

17 Jan 2013: The genes that drive soft drink consumption and weight gain

28 Dec 2012: The factor that could determine future breast cancer treatment

14 Dec 2012: Cancer study overturns current thinking about gene activation

13 Dec 2012: A finding that could help Alpha-1 sufferers breathe more easily

07 Dec 2012: Valuable tool for predicting pain genes in people

05 Dec 2012: Recipients of the 2013 John Shine Translational Research Fellowship Announced

15 Nov 2012: A new way of looking at Prader-Willi Syndrome

13 Nov 2012: A leap forward in the quest to develop an artificial pancreas

09 Nov 2012: How infection can trigger autoimmune disease

03 Nov 2012: When considering bariatric surgery think about bones

25 Oct 2012: Unmasking the deadly secrets of pancreatic cancer

07 Aug 2012: Enhancing prostate cancer prognosis at the micro level

06 Aug 2012: Garvan scientist attracts Michael J Fox Foundation funding

03 Aug 2012: Knockout finding reveals large number of genes that affect our bones

01 Aug 2012: International consensus on 'secondary fracture prevention'

27 Jul 2012: What pituitary tumours may tell us about the biology of other cancers

06 Jul 2012: Understanding how a key group of immune cells is born

28 Jun 2012: Making biologically active yet stable antibodies

19 Jun 2012: Improving life for those who suffer most from Type 1 diabetes

12 Jun 2012: Science animators to make biomedicine beautiful

28 May 2012: Taking a muscular approach towards diabetes and other diseases

02 May 2012: Weight loss reduces artery stiffness in Type 2 diabetes

11 Apr 2012: Potential gene therapy for patients with rare disease

21 Mar 2012: Mathematicians solving today’s problems of ‘systems biology’

16 Mar 2012: Potential to adjust the volume control on our immune response

13 Mar 2012: Creating “death-defying” insulin-producing islets for transplantation

12 Mar 2012: Professor John Mattick wins prestigious HUGO Chen Award

01 Feb 2012: Understanding why some obese people stay sensitive to insulin

24 Jan 2012: Potential for earlier diagnosis of ovarian cancer

11 Jan 2012: Fighting illnesses that accompany the latest anti-psychotic drugs

30 Nov 2011: Deconstructing diabetes – why one size does not fit all

02 Nov 2011: Understanding kiss of death for some improves outlook for others

12 Oct 2011: There is no such thing as identical where twins are concerned

28 Sep 2011: Exploring the amazing little world of the fat cell

22 Sep 2011: Hope for people with Type 2 diabetes – insulin master switch uncovered

05 Sep 2011: Garvan announces appointment of next Executive Director

02 Sep 2011: Growing ‘brown fat’ might help us fight obesity

26 Jul 2011: Seminal shift in how we view cancer development

15 Jul 2011: CINSW presents Premier’s Awards to two Garvan Researchers

05 Jul 2011: How a snapshot of ASEAN scientific capabilities can guide us

27 Jun 2011: Pilot study curbs appetite of people with Prader-Willi Syndrome

05 Jun 2011: New generation asthma drug could improve metabolism

02 Jun 2011: Silencing a deadly conversation in breast cancer

22 Apr 2011: Breakthrough study links Type 1 diabetes and Sjogren’s syndrome

15 Apr 2011: Helping pancreatic cancer surgeons make tiebreaker decisions

03 Apr 2011: Test Vitamin D levels in pregnant women say researchers

01 Mar 2011: Potential anti-rejection drug for insulin cell transplantation

11 Feb 2011: How nasal stem cells might prevent childhood deafness

03 Feb 2011: An extra 5 years of life an unexpected benefit of osteoporosis treatment

28 Jan 2011: How fatness gets forecast in the womb

17 Jan 2011: Improved rationale for attacking colorectal cancer

17 Nov 2010: Professor John Shine wins 2010 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science

15 Nov 2010: Could our experience of pain become the sound of music?

09 Nov 2010: Beta-blocker use protects bone health

04 Nov 2010: How we can better ‘mine’ our genome for information

26 Oct 2010: The cell dance that can lead to Type 1 diabetes

20 Oct 2010: Garvan Attempts DNA World Record

12 Oct 2010: Meet the Superstars of Garvan at Open Day

05 Oct 2010: Potential to harness a newly uncovered mechanism of learning

29 Sep 2010: Taking the fingerprint of basal breast cancer

27 Sep 2010: A new way of reversing certain cancers

18 Aug 2010: Drawing the correct conclusions from clusters of data

16 Aug 2010: Creating clarity around a key aspect of the immune system

28 Jul 2010: Why a common HIV drug increases risk of heart attack

22 Jul 2010: New drug a potential treatment for Type 2 diabetes

14 Jul 2010: Shot in the arm for Type 1 diabetes prevention in Australia

07 Jul 2010: Simple diagnostic tool predicts Type 2 diabetes in South East Asians

16 Jun 2010: A powerful gut hormone that affects insulin and blood sugar levels

24 May 2010: Top cancer research prize in NSW goes to Professor Rob Sutherland

12 May 2010: Better understanding of the all-consuming Prader-Willi Syndrome

11 May 2010: Weight gain when there’s a family history of Type 2 diabetes

06 May 2010: A potential new treatment for Type 2 diabetes

04 May 2010: First scientific study showing effects of growth hormone on athletes

20 Apr 2010: The remarkable effects of fat loss on the immune system

15 Apr 2010: Personalised medicine for cancer patients in a new technology era

09 Mar 2010: Surprising findings about Hepatitis C and insulin resistance

22 Feb 2010: What it might take to unravel the ‘lean mean machine’ that is cancer

12 Feb 2010: Raising the question of obesity in Asia

08 Feb 2010: How ‘lipid rafts’ help us mount an immune response

17 Jan 2010: DA Approval for Major Australian Cancer Centre

11 Jan 2010: How a single molecule gives our immune systems their memory

06 Jan 2010: Setting the record straight on weight loss

22 Dec 2009: We now know that the brain controls the formation of bone

15 Dec 2009: My Genes Made Me Eat That: Are Our Parents to Blame for Our Body Size?

25 Nov 2009: New weight loss approach targets the body and not the brain

23 Nov 2009: What B cells can tell us about certain cancers and autoimmune diseases

18 Nov 2009: Findings that should speed the development of drugs for Parkinson’s Disease

29 Oct 2009: New findings connect diet and intestinal bacteria with healthier immune systems

27 Oct 2009: Research Fellowship announcement to support link between weight loss and the reversal of Type 2 diabetes

20 Oct 2009: The genetic fuse that may ignite Type 1 diabetes

28 Sep 2009: The free radical that triggers insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes

08 Sep 2009: How coconut oil could help reduce the symptoms of Type 2 diabetes

13 Aug 2009: Garvan welcomes promising results for new lupus drug

28 Jul 2009: Promising step towards controlling autoimmune diseases

28 Jul 2009: Why measuring absolute risk of fracture could save many broken bones

27 Jul 2009: Shedding light on life at the edge of our cells

17 Jul 2009: Mystery solved at crossroads of immune response

02 Jul 2009: Summarising a fractured debate about meat, fish, eggs, vegetables and bones

17 Jun 2009: A step towards finding the cancer switch

09 Jun 2009: How germs meet their opposites - a mystery revealed in real time

02 Jun 2009: Harnessing the brain's own ability for repair

19 May 2009: Regulating the sugar factory in diabetes

13 May 2009: Garvan St Vincent’s Campus Cancer Centre Welcomes $70 million from Federal Government

11 May 2009: When to get your bone density measured - that is the question

30 Apr 2009: Low Vitamin D causes problems for acutely ill patients

29 Apr 2009: Potential preventative therapy for Type 1 diabetes

19 Apr 2009: Nuns on the Run from Dubbo to Darlinghurst for Cancer

16 Apr 2009: Vegan Buddhist nuns have same bone density as non-vegetarians

06 Apr 2009: Major breakthrough in transplantation immunity

26 Mar 2009: Garvan to play a role in International Cancer Genome Consortium

27 Feb 2009: How yeast is helping us to understand Parkinson's disease

04 Feb 2009: Bone fractures can double or triple mortality for up to 10 years

28 Jan 2009: Diabetes treatment may lie in helping muscles to burn fat better

21 Jan 2009: Will bitter melon in a bottle live up to its promise?

19 Jan 2009: Baffling the body into accepting transplants

24 Nov 2008: PhD student Sue Lynn Lau dances her way to Chicago

24 Nov 2008: Why women should eat less, move more and consider wearing transdermal patches during menopause

17 Nov 2008: Why HIV treatment makes people so susceptible to heart disease and diabetes

05 Nov 2008: Completely novel action of insulin unveiled

22 Oct 2008: Garvan and St Vincent’s to Build $100 million Australian Cancer Centre

15 Oct 2008: Research fellowship announced to investigate the missing link for diabetes

15 Oct 2008: Importance of sex-specific testing shown in anxiety study

08 Sep 2008: Calculating how breast cancers will respond to tamoxifen

22 Aug 2008: New Australian Epigenome Alliance moves towards a Brave New World

22 Aug 2008: Where Science Meets Art

08 Aug 2008: First step towards switching off breast cancer and leukaemia

06 Aug 2008: Research agreement to reveal secret lives of cells

29 Jul 2008: How molecules out of balance lead to human multiple myeloma and other cancers

18 Jul 2008: Glimpse the future of medical research at Garvan Open Day

14 Jul 2008: Potential to prevent loss of insulin in Type 2 diabetes

07 Jul 2008: Finding suggests novel ways to boost vaccination or natural defences

01 Jul 2008: Finding that could shed light on "golden staph", candida and allergies

30 Jun 2008: Silencing of molecular 'conversation' may help curb severe allergies

14 May 2008: Study shows that prostate cancer increases the risk of bone fracture

30 Apr 2008: Genotyping takes us closer to an osteoporosis fingerprint

25 Mar 2008: Targeting aggressive breast cancers by putting them to sleep

22 Mar 2008: A tonne of bitter melon produces sweet results for diabetes

10 Mar 2008: Low levels of PYY hormone a very early indicator of Type 2 diabetes

06 Mar 2008: Web-based tool to predict risk of bone fracture

29 Feb 2008: B cell mutations that may cause cancers and autoimmune diseases

15 Jan 2008: Low testosterone in men doubles their risk of bone fracture

08 Jan 2008: Natural gut hormones may provide a treatment for obesity

06 Dec 2007: New Fellowship Strengthens Garvan Potential to find a cure for Type 2 diabetes

14 Nov 2007: Creating indestructible insulin-producing cells

18 Oct 2007: How Garvan Tall Poppy searches for prostate cancer gene

04 Oct 2007: Cancer genetics to combine forces with nanotechnology to fight breast cancer

04 Oct 2007: Solving a critical part of the insulin puzzle

25 Sep 2007: NHMRC Program Grant gives Garvan the potential to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes

29 Aug 2007: Uncovering the mysteries behind heart defects

21 Aug 2007: Have we uncovered a new form of Lupus?

08 Aug 2007: Alcoa Garvan community health partnership

31 Jul 2007: Natural pain killers offer a new direction in weight loss research

05 Jul 2007: How we can stop stress from making us obese

04 Jun 2007: Growth hormone does not improve sports performance or increase muscle

04 Jan 2007: Osteoporosis: Men told to watch their step

04 Oct 2006: New prostate cancer marker helps identify men whose cancer is likely to spread

01 Aug 2006: Traditional Chinese medicine for diabetes has scientific backing

15 Jul 2006: Asthma - Obesity Link : protein linked to diabetes & obesity now has new role in controlling airway inflammation in asthma

25 Apr 2006: Cancer cells suppress large regions of DNA by a reversible process that can be tackled with new therapies

09 Feb 2006: Sydney scientists discover & license breakthrough anti-inflammatory treatment

05 Dec 2005: Sydney researchers explain how stress can make you sick

15 Nov 2005: Young Garvan invites you to discover "Hidden Treasure" at Ruby Rabbit on Nov 18

08 Sep 2005: Young Sydney professionals raise funds for medical research

28 Aug 2005: Garvan Institute scientists suggest new approach for targeting patients with brittle bones

17 May 2005: Prime Minister opens ACRF Unit for Molecular Genetics of Cancer at Garvan

02 Nov 2004: Hot c-cbl mice