News and events

06 September 2022

Meet the team detecting heart disease before it strikes

A Sydney-led international team is working to stop previously undetected heart disease in its tracks.

02 September 2022

Sydney to lead four research centres of excellence

University of Sydney researchers will lead four new national medical research centres in stroke management, early cerebral palsy diagnosis, lung disease and cervical cancer control.

01 September 2022

Pioneers recognised in Australia’s top science prizes

Pioneering research to create robotic imaging systems to de-risk surgery and assess how dietary choices impact health, environment, and economy simultaneously, have been recognised in the 2022 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

01 September 2022

Aggressive prostate cancer linked to ancestral heritage

Two pioneering studies published simultaneously today in Nature and Genome Medicine, have identified genetic signatures explaining ethnic differences in the severity of prostate cancer, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

31 August 2022

Natural virus predators offer potential alternative to antibiotics

Researchers at the University of Sydney, Western Sydney Local Health District and the Westmead Institute for Medical Research are developing a therapeutic solution to antimicrobial resistance that predates the discovery and wide usage of antibiotics.