Centenary_Institute
Centenary Institute
Australian medical research institute
The Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, commonly referred to as the Centenary Institute or Centenary, is an Australian medical research institute located at the Camperdown campus of the University of Sydney, in Sydney, New South Wales. The research programs at Centenary focus on a diverse range of human health issues including cancer, cardiovascular disease, genetic diseases, immunology, infectious diseases and liver disease.[4]
Over its history, Centenary has achieved the following outcomes in medicine and public health:
- Uncovered new approaches to treating breast cancer that have caused an increase in the survival rate.[5][6]
- Prevention of sudden cardiac death through early diagnosis and treatment.[citation needed]
- High success rate of liver transplants.[citation needed]
- Improved prognosis for patients with liver cancer and hepatitis C.[citation needed]
- Improvement in the treatment of haemophilia.[citation needed]
- Developed new ways of detecting a person's propensity to develop asthma and inflammatory bowel disease.[citation needed]