Garvan News How ‘lipid rafts’ help us mount an immune responseMEDIA RELEASE: 08 Feb 2010 Garvan immunologists have found that lipid rafts, hot spots of signalling activity in our cells, ramp up the sensitivity of certain immune cells, helping us mount an immune response MoreDA Approval for Major Australian Cancer CentreMEDIA RELEASE: 17 Jan 2010 The Garvan Institute of Medical Research and St Vincent’s Hospital today welcomed the NSW Government’s approval of their development proposal for the Garvan St Vincent’s Cancer Centre lodged before the NSW Department of Planning. MoreHow a single molecule gives our immune systems their memoryMEDIA RELEASE: 11 Jan 2010 By studying the blood cells of people with an immunodeficiency disorder, scientists at Garvan have been able to identify the molecular mechanisms that lead to the production of antibodies in human B cells. This has wider implications for potential treatment of certain cancers and autoimmune diseases. MoreSetting the record straight on weight lossMEDIA RELEASE: 06 Jan 2010 It’s time to set the record straight. The only reliable way to lose weight is to eat less or exercise more. Preferably both. So why bother to state the obvious? Because a body of scientific literature has arisen over recent years, suggesting that fat oxidation – burning the fats we eat as opposed to the carbohydrates – is enough to promote fat loss. It isn’t. MoreWe now know that the brain controls the formation of boneMEDIA RELEASE: 22 Dec 2009 New findings show that bone formation, far from being a straightforward mechanical process dependent on body weight, is delicately orchestrated by the brain, which sends and receives signals through the body’s neural and hormone systems. MoreMy Genes Made Me Eat That: Are Our Parents to Blame for Our Body Size?MEDIA RELEASE: 15 Dec 2009 Genetic influences on appetite and weight are profound and may pave the way toward more targeted and effective therapies for weight management says Professor Stephen O’Rahilly from Cambridge University, giving a free public lecture on the genetics of obesity tonight at Garvan. MoreNew weight loss approach targets the body and not the brainMEDIA RELEASE: 25 Nov 2009 Current drug-based weight loss therapies try to stop the brain from sending hunger signals to the body. These therapies tend to be fairly ineffective, Garvan researchers reasoned, so why not reverse the approach and stop the body from receiving signals from the brain? So that’s what they did, and it worked. In mice at least. MoreWhat B cells can tell us about certain cancers and autoimmune diseasesMEDIA RELEASE: 23 Nov 2009 By studying blood samples from patients recovering from bone marrow transplants, Garvan scientists have been able to extract information that could help us fight certain cancers and autoimmune diseases. More |
Events The Immune System in Health and Disease - BOOKED OUT16 Feb 2010
Public Seminar
Young Garvan presents 'Superfoods: Are you really what you eat?'25 Feb 2010
Young Garvan
Healthy Ageing Public Seminar25 May 2010
Public Seminar
Diabetes Public Seminar19 Aug 2010
Public Seminar
Garvan St. Vincent's Cancer Centre "Please help us raise the funds we need to build this wonderful new facility to bring research and care together under one roof" Delta Goodrem, Centre Patron
For more information visit the Cancer Centre website. Garvan Links TOUR GARVAN
FRACTURE RISK CALCULATORBased 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
AUSTRALIAN PANCREATIC CANCER GENOME INITIATIVEGarvan is involved in the Australian arm of the The International Cancer Genome Consortium – by investigating pancreatic cancer. For more information click here. |
