Garvan In The Media
ABC World Today: Vitamin D linked to body's immune system
09 Mar 2010
New research from the University of Copenhagen has shown that vitamin D plays a significant role in activating t-cells, which are part of the body's immune system. Experts say they're concerned that as many as a quarter of Australians are vitamin D...
Sydney Morning Herald: Researchers probe Hep C-diabetes link
09 Mar 2010
AAP Australian scientists looked for the reason why people with Hepatitis C often go on to develop diabetes, and they made an unexpected discovery. The heightened risk of type 2 diabetes was thought to be linked to fat build-up in the liver caused by their Hep C, but tests on people with the blood-borne...
Life Scientist: Epigenetics makes cancer cell "lean mean machine"
22 Feb 2010
Garvan researchers find gene silencing in prostate cancer is more substantial than expected and could provide key to battling cancer.
Medical News Today: Raising The Question Of Obesity In Asia
19 Feb 2010
When it comes to obesity, it would seem that it's very important to define terms, and equally important to ask questions about those terms. So say Australian, Vietnamese and American scientists who challenge findings published in 1994 which concluded that for a given Body Mass Index (BMI), a measure of body.
Life Scientist: Feature: Immunity at Defcon B
31 Dec 2009
How B cells scramble to respond to foreign threats and produce antibodies has long been a mystery. Now the role of a key protein is shedding light on this crucial defence...
ABC News: Brain regulates bone density
24 Dec 2009
TONY EASTLEY: Scientists in Sydney have pinpointed the role the brain plays in controlling the formation of bone. Conventionally, people have thought that bone mass was dependent on...
eXaminer.com: Top 10 science stories of 2009 -- #8: new discovery may end transplant rejection
24 Dec 2009
Transplants remain one of the most difficult procedures in medicine. No matter how much work is done to find the perfect donor match, the recipient of a new organ still must take immune-suppressants in order to stop her body from rejecting the new...
ABC 7.30 Report: Gluttony gene
23 Dec 2009
Two thirds of the Australian population now overweight or obese and the scientific community is turning to genetics for an explanation. With Christmas only days away, most Australians are preparing to throw their healthy habits out the window, and dig into all the foods we're told are bad for us.
Sydney Morning Herald: Secret about obesity is in the DNA
11 Dec 2009
December 12, 2009 SOME of the children were so fat they had been listed on the British social services ''at risk'' register because it was assumed their parents were abusing them with deliberate...
ABC News: Parkinson's breakthrough brings treatment hope
18 Nov 2009
Australian scientists researching the causes of Parkinson's disease say their breakthrough will help develop new ways of treating other debilitating...
