Early Career Researcher SPOTLIGHT featuring Melanie Walker and her project aimed at Validating and optimising a human tonsil organoid model to study the human immune response against human pathogens
“This research is world-leading and these projects have the potential to be game changers that will lead to advances in diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for Australians and around the world.” says Mark Butler, Federal Minister for Health
Suzanne Hill from ABC Nightlife Radio chats with Professor Joseph Powell, Director of the UNSW Cellular Genomics Futures Institute and Director of Cellular Science at the Garvan Institute and Associate Professor Vanessa Tyrell,Pr
Children have a strong initial immune reaction to coronavirus, but don’t transfer this to long-lasting memory T cells like adults do, new research shows.
Breakthrough cellular genomics technology has allowed Garvan and UNSW Sydney researchers to reveal genetic mutations causing rogue behaviour in the cells that cause autoimmune disease.
Stem cell models of the retina and optical nerve have been used to identify previously unknown genetic markers of glaucoma, in research jointly led by scientists from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, the University of Melbourne, and the C
Most autoimmune diseases are easy to diagnose but hard to treat. A paper published today in Science proposes using your unique immune cell fingerprint to rapidly identify which treatments will work for your autoimmune disease.