Thank you to all ALTG members and all participants in ALTG clinical trials for their contributions to improve outcomes for lung cancer and mesothelioma patients.
There's been a renewed appreciation of effective medical research following COVID-19. We'd like to acknowledge our researchers working on COVID studies, while also highlighting the many researchers who've supported the Kolling over the past 100 years. https://t.co/ot2JFSZ631
Still in #COVID19 lock down, but another publication out!
Using X-ray activated nanocarriers to deliver high-dose chemotherapy directly to rectal cancer:
https://t.co/1dsNYYQLOR
@BillWalshLab@UNSW@KollingINST
While research activity within the Kolling is being impacted by COVID-19, we’d like to mention our wonderful facilities team Neil & Ken who are onsite maintaining our labs and protecting the valuable specimens in storage. Thanks for your continued dedication during this time.
The Kolling is supporting the tremendous efforts to help the community through COVID-19. It’s providing a large area within the Kolling building for hotline teams who are assisting with public health calls, contact tracing & supporting those who've tested positive to the virus.
While not technically alive, there's an evil genius to viruses that never ceases to amaze me. It's one reason I became a virologist. A recent Nature paper reveal a remarkable trick SARS-Cov-2 learned that makes it nastier than the first SARS. Both viruses…
What's that Dad?
Money, son, money.
What's it for Dad?
Well it used to be for buying things at the shops.
Was that when there were shops Dad?
Aye...
And before we used toilet paper to trade for food?
Aye, son, aye...
While COVID-19 is reaching every part of the globe, it's highlighting the importance of effective medical research. The Kolling Inst. is being impacted by the virus, but our latest newsletter gives an insight into the breadth of valuable research underway. https://t.co/7CsuPGsuBA
I found this helpful - a simple representation of the impact of social distancing.
Shared with the tick of approval from friends who are in the know (a clinical immunologist and a medical researcher).