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Potential widespread fraud concerning a gene linked to cancer has been uncovered by Professor Jennifer Byrne, Head of the Children’s Cancer Research Unit at Kids Research Institute and Sydney University academic. Prof Byrne was the first to discover and clone the gene, TPD52L2, 20 years ago. The gene is active in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, as well as breast cancer, but its functions are poorl...

Thinking of doing an Honours project in biomedical or clinical research in 2017? Would you like to be part of the most thriving research precincts in Sydney at Westmead? Kids Research Institute is part of the The Westmead Research Hub, which has three medical research institutes, two major teaching hospitals and a strong University presence on campus. The Westmead Medical Science Honours...

The Kids Research Institute will again be hosting a Digital Image Competition in The Children's Hospital for Westmead Galleria for 2016 National Science Week. The competition will run from 15-21 August to showcase the diversity and depth of medical and scientific research that takes place at the Kids Research Institute and clinical departments in the hospital. We are keen to engage...

Two teams from the Children’s Cancer Research Unit at Kids Research Institute received awards at the 2015 Premier's Awards for Outstanding Cancer Research. Dan Catchpoole and colleagues from UTS and UWS were awarded the Big Data, Big Impact award ($60,000), and Geoff McCowage, Belinda Kramer and Ian Alexander were awarded the Excellence in Translational Cancer Research Award ($20,000) The d...