Victorian medical researchers backed in $197 million grant program announced by Malcolm Turnbull
OUR world-leading medical researchers have secured almost 40 per cent of new research grants totalling $197 million to be announced by Malcolm Turnbull today.
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VICTORIA’S world-leading medical researchers have secured almost 40 per cent of new research grants totalling $197 million to be announced by Malcolm Turnbull today.
The Federal Government will invest $77 million in Victorian projects, such as a University of Melbourne investigation of how to prevent and predict psychotic disorders among high-risk groups including young people.
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The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute will receive almost $1 million to generate kidney tissue from human stem cells in an effort to create new regenerative therapies for kidney diseases.
The Government will back 326 research projects overall, with $38 million to be spent on cancer research, $29 million on mental health work and $23 million for cardiovascular disease research.
Health Minister Greg Hunt said the grants were important to help Australia’s researchers and scientists “make the next major medical breakthrough”.
“Their work is helping to make a better tomorrow for all of us,” he said.
CanTeen, which supports young cancer patients, is also receiving $5 million to start new clinical trials to target brain, bone and blood cancers, the types which cause the highest death rates among young people.
Mr Turnbull said CanTeen was “a greater partner” in the government’s aim of “eliminating cancer once and for all”.
“This initiative will bring the latest medical innovations within reach of young people with cancer. There is nothing more tragic than childhood cancer,” the Prime Minister said.
“This funding will mean more young Australians will have access to lifesaving clinical trials.”
The Government’s focus on cancer — which is expected to kill about 47,000 Australians this year — also includes research into DNA mutations, and better ways to detect melanomas among youths.
Monash University’s Professor Velandai Srikanth will receive a grant to study the causes of serious brain conditions in older people — such as dementia, stroke, falls and walking impairments — and come up with ways to reduce the risks and impacts.
Fellow Monash researcher Professor Susan Davis’s work to establish normal sex hormone levels among women of different ages will receive support totalling $951,000.
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