Winner: Lachlan Staker Institution: University of Adelaide Award: SMART CRC CureCell Award, 2025 Research project: Dual Action Gene Editing Strategy for Treating Dominant Negative or Toxic Gain-of-Function Mutations Lachlan, congratulations on your award! How did it feel to win? I had no words – it honestly felt too good to be true! The award includes […]
In July, 65 PhD students submitted single-page synopses on their research into cell or biological therapies. In this series of posts we talk with the seven award winners about their ground-breaking science, their lives as researchers and how they’ll spend their $10,000 prize… Winner: Kelsy Prest Institution: University of Melbourne Award: AusHealth CureCell Award, 2025 Research project: The Clone Claw:
AusHealth CEO Dr Justin Coombs is delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 AusHealth CureCell Awards. This year, seven PhD students from leading Australian universities and research institutes each receive $10,000 to support their living expenses as they pursue breakthrough research in medical science. The 2025 winners are: * Matt van der Burg (The
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When nasal surgery left Adelaide nurse David Cranston fighting a drug-resistant infection, traditional treatments offered little relief. Struggling to breathe and spending hundreds of dollars a week to manage his symptoms, he turned to bacteriophage therapy, a century-old approach now being revived as a potential weapon against antibiotic-resistant superbugs. David became the first patient treated
Entries for the AusHealth CureCell Awards have nearly doubled this year, with 65 PhD students applying from 13 national institutions in five states. The projects represent a wide range of cell and biological therapies addressing an equally broad range of medical conditions including many types of cancer, spinal cord injury, chronic inflammation, dementia, Parkinson’s disease,
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By Dr James Malycha James Malycha is a senior intensive care doctor at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. In November, he’ll be demonstrating a new system to the world’s largest healthcare informatics symposium. The system is called CCCIS and it integrates SA Health’s Electronic Medical Records (EMR) with a state-of-the-art AI solution. Within just a year,
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What do platypus venom, GLP-1 hormones, and mice at ‘fat camp’ have in common? They’re all part of Platypep — a research project that’s building on platypus venom in a bid to create an ‘Australian Ozempic’. Last month, AusHealth CEO Dr Justin Coombs joined Rory McClaren on ABC Radio Adelaide to talk about the incredible
AusHealth’s new partnership with Kynetyka Technologies supports a device that promises to dramatically speed up DVT diagnosis and reduce healthcare costs both nationally and internationally Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot in a deep vein, usually in the leg. It’s commonly perceived as a risk of flying, but many cases occur in hospitals,
By patent attorney, Dr Leigh Guerin. 1. The Timing Trap: file an early patent at your peril! Scientists often rush to patent their ideas as soon as lightning strikes, unaware that early filing starts an expensive and time-sensitive clock. A 20-year-patent for instance starts the minute you file it: if it takes you another 10
AusHealth’s partnership with Ventora Medical will advance an innovative device that promises to improve breathing support for newborns Each year in Australia, 30,000 newborns will need some form of respiratory support. This includes 10,000 premature babies whose lungs are not fully developed. Existing neonatal respiratory support methods – such as Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)