A clinician-led research team has developed a gene-editing platform that could give doctors more control over cell therapies, ...

Behind every breakthrough in immune health are the people, samples and data that drive discovery. The challenge lies in turning that wealth of information into actionable insights. Through its new ...

Researchers have uncovered a previously overlooked immune cell that can recognise and kill small cell lung cancer, the most ...

Professor Guillaume Lessene has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) for ...

Around 12% of the world’s total cancer cases in 2024 were likely caused by an infection, according to new research from the World Health Organization (WHO). The study, published in The Lancet Oncology ...

Researchers have uncovered early molecular warning signs of inflammatory bowel disease, revealing the condition can begin before symptoms appear and continue silently even when patients appear well.

WEHI researchers have developed a blood test that can detect iron deficiency in minutes, overcoming key limitations of existing point-of-care diagnostics and potentially transforming how the condition ...

Our research is aimed at understanding how Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes the most severe form of malaria, infects humans and causes disease. We focus on three major aspects of ...

Dr Jan Schaefer is a research officer studying infectious and inflammatory diseases in the lung. His work focuses on developing novel therapeutics for these respiratory conditions. In 2025, Dr ...

A new initiative will bring Australian and Chinese researchers together in a structured program designed to deepen collaboration, enhance shared research capability and support emerging scientific ...

Dr Charis Teh has received an inaugural Senior Galli Research Fellowship, a prestigious new program aimed at backing future biomedical research leaders. The fellowship supports her work to uncover how ...

WEHI researchers have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism our bodies use to regulate sugar, in findings that rewrite the fundamental rules of biology and open a new frontier in science. Published ...