Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute is Australia’s oldest medical research institute and will celebrate its centenary in 2015. It is home to more than 650 researchers who are working to understand, treat and prevent diseases such as blood, breast, ovarian and lung cancers, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, coeliac disease, malaria and HIV. More than 65 clinical trials based on discoveries made at the institute are underway.

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