Latest Baker Institute News

Risk prediction using our genes and gut bacteria can improve early detection of diseases like type 2 diabetes
Repeat urine testing recommended for more accurate diagnosis of kidney disease progression
Fast Five With Mark Vidallon
Examining the role of breastmilk in determining type 1 diabetes risk
Outstanding Researchers Rewarded For Excellence
Research into heat-related chest pains a timely reminder this summer
Cow has potential as therapeutic research model
CASS grant success
Mouse model may help explain, treat infertility
Role of gender in bystander intervention
Closing in on the ultimate quest to regenerate insulin in pancreatic stem cells
NHMRC grants to address areas of need in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes
My Green Lab accreditation
Unique organ-on-a-chip model helping unlock answers to vascular ageing
Fast Five with Moran Zhou 7 December
MicroRNA holds clues to why some mammals are cancer-prone
Baker Institute appoints Lindsay Maxsted as Life Governor
Sleep length and shift work send blood pressure rising
Its more than name
Heart Foundation funding
Fast Five with Michael Huang
Lifestyle programs to prevent type 2 diabetes not meeting needs of many people with pre-diabetes
Contagious omicron strain replicates early in infection
Fast Five with Louise Segan
Data breach by Pareto Phone
Digital cardiac rehab program more effective in reducing hospital readmission
Australians with diabetes are increasingly dying from conditions not usually linked to diabetes, like dementia
Fats found in breastmilk may provide answers to why breast is best
Benefits of exercise dependent on hours spent sitting
Fast Five with Jonathan Lozano-Salgado
Illicit drug use involved in nearly one in three sudden cardiac deaths in young adults
Multi-million-dollar funding injection for promising kidney failure trial
Trial of AI-assisted voice analysis to identify changes in heart failure
Fast Five with Joshua Wong
Liz Paratz recognised globally as emerging CVD leader
ACDC funding to power up coronary artery disease research
Fast Five with Safiya Naina Marikar
Study shows reactivation of beta-like cells in the pancreas to produce insulin
Digital health expert to work with Danish diabetes teams to improve health and wellbeing
Kings Birthday Honour for Professor Geoff Head
Fast Five with Kym Rickards
Visualising heart disease to communicate risk improves patient adherence
Extension of partnership with University of Cambridge to enhance risk prediction and prevention for cardiometabolic disease
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute appoints new Director
New human epigenetics laboratory
Trial of Android artificial pancreas system for adults with type 1 diabetes
United in protecting Australians against heart disease
Target for imaging could improve detection of blood clots