The Believers race a wheelbarrow towards an incredible cancer fundraising finish-line! Posted on July 2, 2013February 25, 2018 by Carly du Toit A team of ten amazing fundraisers have pushed a wheelbarrow for more than 140kms across far north Queensland as part of the 10th Great Wheelbarrow Race, and they’ve done so for a most worthy cause: world-class cancer research. The Great Wheelbarrow Race takes participants along a historic road from Mareeba to Chillagoe, named Wheelbarrow Way in tribute to the miners of the 1800s that would travel between towns, using only a wheelbarrow to carry their possessions. The race started early on the morning of Friday 17 May, but our wonderful fundraising team, called The Believers, commenced their campaign much sooner than that. Continue reading “The Believers race a wheelbarrow towards an incredible cancer fundraising finish-line!”
Pancreatic cancer research enhanced through new access to advanced nanotechnology Posted on June 22, 2013February 25, 2018 by Carly du Toit Australian cancer researchers can now view never-before-seen images of how cancers respond to therapy, thanks to new access to an advanced imaging nanotechnology, based in the US. Dr Paul Timpson of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, in collaboration with a team from the UK, are using the Fluroescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) technologies to map areas within pancreatic cancers, pin-pointing where drugs need to be delivered to significantly improve patient survival. Continue reading “Pancreatic cancer research enhanced through new access to advanced nanotechnology”
