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The wide field of health and medical science covers everything from improved diagnosis of illness to the development of new drugs and treatments. At NCI, researchers are applying computational and big data techniques to the big world of human health.

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20 Apr 2020

Special Announcement: ALCG COVID-19 Special Call Recipients

NCI Australia is supporting the Australian and international research community undertaking COVID-19 research through the provision of streamlined, prioritised and expedited access to computation and

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Case Studies

24 Jul 2019

The wide field of health and medical science covers everything from improved diagnosis of illness to the development of new drugs and treatments. At NCI, researchers are applying computational and big

Research Highlights

06 Nov 2018

Rapid repair and stitchless surgery

Health

A team from the University of Sydney has used the NCI supercomputer to develop a wound repair material that helps speed up healing. The team, led by Professor Tony Weiss, McCaughey Chair in

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Research Highlights

16 Aug 2018

Virtual Desktop accelerates epigenome alignment

Health

When genes and proteins inside a cell are damaged, it can result in diseases such as cancers, diabetes and obesity. Understanding exactly how this damage affects DNA is key to understanding and

Research Highlights

08 Mar 2018

Thousands of genomes prepared for clinical use

Health

In late 2016, biologists from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Australian National University's John Curtin School of Medical Research took 1,206 human genomes, and in one night of

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Research Highlights

02 Mar 2018

Supercomputer modelling helps understand commonly used drugs

Chemistry

Health

A researcher from The Australian National University has modelled the activity of six common pharmaceutical drugs used in pain relief, anaesthetics and epilepsy treatments using the NCI supercomputer

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Research Highlights

03 Jan 2018

Preparing hospitals for dangerously hot days

Earth and Environmental Science

Health

Extreme weather is a part of life in Australia: bushfires, droughts, floods, cyclones, heatwaves. And every time an extreme weather event comes around, the health impacts are clear. In Australia, we

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Research Highlights

18 Dec 2017

Drug Design in the 21st Century

Biology

Chemistry

Health

When you ingest medicine from your pharmacist, specific proteins in your body transport them to where they need to go. In particular, some proteins play a key role in moving the drugs in and out of

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Research Highlights

08 Dec 2017

Improved cancer treatments with software modelling

Health

Over 120,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed in Australia every year, impacting the lives of millions of people. Often, these are treated with a combination of chemotherapy, radiation therapy and

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Research Highlights

23 Nov 2017

Untangling the mystery of birth defects

Health

While the diagnosis of birth defects in utero continually improves, the task of eradicating them entirely requires an understanding of the complexity of their formation. Advancements in genetic

Health

The wide field of health and medical science covers everything from improved diagnosis of illness to the development of new drugs and treatments. At NCI, researchers are applying computational and big data techniques to the big world of human health.

Special Announcement: ALCG COVID-19 Special Call Recipients

Health

Rapid repair and stitchless surgery

Virtual Desktop accelerates epigenome alignment

Thousands of genomes prepared for clinical use

Supercomputer modelling helps understand commonly used drugs

Preparing hospitals for dangerously hot days

Drug Design in the 21st Century

Improved cancer treatments with software modelling

Untangling the mystery of birth defects

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