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Researchers from HMRI’s Drug Repurposing Research Program are currently waging a two-pronged attack on ovarian cancer.
Dr Michelle Wong-Brown says that their research started out trying to find new drugs for treatment-resistant ovarian cancer.
A lot of ovarian cancers are detected late and subsequently recur because they have metastasised, meaning that these patients get bombarded with chemo to try and slow the progress of the disease....

Pharmacist and HMRI Heart and Stroke researcher, Joshua Bennetts, has devoted years to exploring the ways pharmacists provide meaningful support in the transition between hospital and home.
“Many patients who have cardiovascular disease are overwhelmed by the changes to their medicines and their health status when they leave hospital....

Dietitians play an important role in healthcare, providing expert advice and guidance on food, nutrition, and diet to keep us healthy and treat a wide variety of patients with specific diseases and conditions.
Did you know that there are specialist dietitians that focus on managing particular symptoms?...

Sleep and dementia researcher, Dr Caroline Faucher, from HMRI’s Brain Neuromodulation Research Program has identified the impact that napping could have on the memory of those at who could be at high risk of dementia.
In a recent study, she looked at people who have the APOE4 gene, a gene that gives you a high risk of dementia, as well as people with a low polygenic risk score (combined genetic risk) of dementia....