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Pfizer, Peter Mac enter a research agreement to uncover how T-cells kill cancer

October 10, 2022
Peter Mac scientists have entered a research agreement with Pfizer to better understand how T-cells work and how they can apply that information to explore new treatment avenues.
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More mRNA Manufacturing, Research In Melbourne

October 7, 2022
Peter Mac has played host to the announcement of an in-principle partnership between the Victorian Government and ground-breaking German biotechnology company BioNTech.
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New animation shows cancer killing cells at work

October 6, 2022
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre’s Dr Maja Divjak has developed an award-winning animation showing how an innovative new form of cancer treatment targets cancerous cells. Almost 20,000 Australians are diagnosed with a blood cancer each year and researchers at Peter Mac are using CAR T-cell therapy to genetically modify a patient’s blood cells to seek out and kill cancer including some blood cancers.
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I was lucky to discover the lump by chance in the shower: Glynis’ breast cancer story

October 3, 2022
Glynis Vickery is a proud Gunditjmara and Yorta Yorta woman who lives in Kinglake with her partner and two children. Diagnosed with cancer twice, Glynis is currently on active treatment at Peter Mac and had just finished her radiation therapy when she sat down to talk with us. She’s looking forward...
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New hope for when stem cell transplants fail

September 30, 2022
New Peter Mac-led research, in collaboration with The Australian National University (ANU), suggests a way to possibly fix a failing stem cell transplant in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).
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Peter Mac Researchers to benefit from Medical Research Future Fund grants

September 29, 2022
Researchers at Peter Mac will benefit from an injection of funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
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Funding boost to advance prostate cancer treatment

September 26, 2022
Peter Mac's Dr Luc Furic is part of a research team awarded a Prostate Cancer Research Program Translational Science Award by the Department of Defence (DoD) in the US.
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Randle overtakes fundraising target

September 21, 2022
Supercars driver Thomas Randle has delivered a big win for ONTrac at Peter Mac, generously donating more than $50,000 to the service supporting young people with cancer.
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2023 Peter Mac Foundation Postgraduate Award

September 21, 2022
Call for applications for the 2023 Peter Mac Foundation Postgraduate Award for a PhD in cancer research at Peter Mac in 2023.
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New skin cancer treatment may reduce disfiguring surgery

September 19, 2022
Positive results for the use of neoadjuvant cemiplimab in people with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) were published in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology held in Paris this week.
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