Projects
Thanks to our incredible supporters, we fund innovative and ground-breaking medical research towards finding new treatments and cures for Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes and improving patient outcomes
Discovering new genes and mutations that cause failure of bone marrow neutrophil production.
2018-2020 (Grant in aid): Discovering new genes and mutations that cause failure of bone marrow neutrophil production. Professor Graham Lieschke, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute/Monash University and The Royal Melbourne Hospital. ...
Read moreUsing induced pluripotent stem cells to find causes and cures for bone marrow failure in children and young adults
2018-2023 (Grant-in-Aid): Using induced pluripotent stem cells to find causes and cures for bone marrow failure in children and young adults. Professor Andrew Elefanty, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes may be ...
Read moreIdentifying therapeutics which can be repurposed for the treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes and other bone marrow failure disorders.
2018-2021 (Grant-in-Aid): Identifying therapeutics which can be repurposed for the treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes and other bone marrow failure disorders. Associate Professor Amee George, The Australian National University. There are ...
Read moreInfluences of clonal haematopoiesis in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
2018-2020 (Grant in aid): Influences of clonal haematopoiesis in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Dr Paul Yeh and Professor Mark Dawson, The University of Melbourne. Dr Paul Yeh’s research focusses on using genetic testing to study clonal ...
Read morePredicting malignant transformation of Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes using longitudinal targeted sequencing of peripheral blood and cell-free DNA (cfDNA).
2018-2020 (Grant-in-Aid): Predicting malignant transformation of Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes using longitudinal targeted sequencing of peripheral blood and cell-free DNA (cfDNA). Associate Professor Piers Blombery, Peter MacCallum Cancer ...
Read moreGenome editing of haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells to uncover novel therapeutics for Aplastic Anaemia and other Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes.
2017-2021 Flavorite Fellowship, Genome editing of haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells to uncover novel therapeutics for Aplastic Anaemia and other Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes, Dr Yih-Chih Chan, The University of Melbourne and Peter ...
Read moreIdentification of microRNA biomarkers predictive of clinical outcomes in Aplastic Anaemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome
2016 – 2019 (Grant-in-Aid) Identification of microRNA biomarkers predictive of clinical outcomes in Aplastic Anaemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Dr Lynette Chee, Melbourne Health. DNA is the genetic material which provides the information that ...
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