Children’s Cancer Institute

$2m funds COVID research at UNSW including new RNA treatment

31 Aug 2022

Researchers will investigate treatment measures for COVID-19 infection and the aerosol transmission of SARS-COV-2.

UNSW researchers named as 2022 Eureka Prize finalists

27 Jul 2022

Six UNSW Sydney projects chosen as finalists for Australia’s leading science awards.

Two UNSW academics named 2022 Australian Academy of Science Fellows

26 May 2022

UNSW Sydney professors from UNSW Science and UNSW Medicine & Health have been recognised among the nation’s most distinguished scientists.

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Three 'Oscars' of science awarded to UNSW researchers

08 Oct 2021

A breakthrough in 3D bioprinting that will revolutionise cancer research is among the UNSW projects which have received a prestigious Eureka Prize award.

Children’s cancer researcher named Woman of the Year

05 Mar 2020

Professor Maria Kavallaris, a pioneer of nanomedicine in Australia, is the 2020 NSW Premier's Woman of the Year.

Robots tailor treatment for kids' high-risk cancers

05 Sep 2016

Specialised robots will rapidly test hundreds of treatments for kids with high-risk cancers at a $1.5M Children's Cancer Institute centre opened by Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove.

Scientists discover method for targeting the ‘Achilles heel’ of neuroblastoma

05 Nov 2015

Australian scientists have discovered the mechanism that accelerates the childhood cancer neuroblastoma and identifed an experimental drug with the potential to stop the disease in its tracks.

$2m to fast-track new drugs into clinical trials for childhood acute leukaemia

09 Sep 2015

New drugs to treat children with aggressive cancers will be fast-tracked into clinical trials thanks to $2 million awarded to the Children’s Cancer Institute.