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Betty the ADRI house visits NSW

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13 Dec 2012

Ballarat renovators at risk from exposure to asbestos. . .  read more >>>

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14 Nov 2012

ADRI Researcher awarded the 2012 Concord Repatriation and General Hospital Early Career Researcher Prize
This year’s finals of the Concord Repatriation General Hospital Early Career Research Awards were held on 22nd and 29th of October at the ANZAC Research Institute. . . read more >>>

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30 Oct 2012

ADRI Researcher awarded the Premier's Award for Outstanding Cancer Research Scholar. Dr Steven Kao was awarded the Premier's Award for Outstanding Cancer Research Scholar. His PhD study concentrated on identifying prognostic markers in malignant pleural mesothelioma. This important work at the ADRI revealed that. . . read more >>>

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23 July 2012

Dr Kao returns to ADRI after a 3 month studentship at Pfizer in La Jolla, California. Dr Kao received a studentship award through the Cancer Institute NSW in 2011.

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5 July 2012

ADRI staff will feature strongly at the upcoming Australian Lung Cancer Conference to be held in Adelaide in August.

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3 July 2012

“Thank you” Della B.Signorelli Foundation
The Biaggio Signorelli Foundation held a Jazz Cocktail Party to thank all their supporters.

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18 Jun 2012

The Australian Financial Review. What can you do about past exposure?

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31 May 2012

ADRI’s study on microRNAs as biomarkers for malignant pleural mesothelioma published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology

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31 May 2012

Ninemsn. Asbestos found on The Block

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28 Apr 2012

Elsevier's SciVerse ScienceDirect - ADRI’s publication is the top most downloaded article for 2011

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26 Apr 2012

Medindia- Researchers Offer Hope For Early Diagnosis of Mesothelioma Micro RNAs speed diagnosis

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21 Apr 2012

News Medical - Developments in mesothelioma treatment presented at 3rd European Lung Cancer Conference - Micro RNAs speed diagnosis

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19 Apr 2012 

Ninemsn.com.au : Hope for early mesothelioma diagnosis

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19 Apr 2012

Media Release: Sydney researchers raise hopes for easier and earlier detection of mesothelioma

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19 Apr 2012

Press Release: Promising Developments in early Diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma

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19 Apr 2012

mediLexicon - Mesothelioma: Promising Developments In Early Diagnosis And Treatment - Micro RNAs speed diagnosis

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19 Apr 2012

Science Codex - Promising developments in early diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma - Micro RNAs speed diagnosis

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18 Apr 2012

Medcompare - Promising developments in early diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma - Micro RNAs speed diagnosis

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18 Apr 2012

EurekAlert! - Promising developments in early diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma - Micro RNAs speed diagnosis

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18 Apr 2012

RedOrbit - Promising Developments In Early Diagnosis And Treatment Of Mesothelioma - Micro RNAs speed diagnosis

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18 Apr 2012

Bio-Medicine - Promising developments in early diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma - "Detailed analyses of our two independent sample series have shown that miR-625-3p performs as well as any previously proposed protein marker for detecting mesothelioma," Dr Kirschner said.

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18 Apr 2012

ScienceDaily - Promising Developments in Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Mesothelioma - Micro RNAs speed diagnosis

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18 Apr 2012

Medical Xpress - Promising developments in early diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma - Micro RNAs speed diagnosis1

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18 Apr 2012

Doctissimo - Vers un diagnostic plus précoce du mésothélioma?

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18 Apr 2012

Breakthrough Digest Medical News
Promising developments in early diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma - Micro RNAs speed diagnosis

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17 Apr 2012

The Sydney Morning Herald: Asbestos, the outlawed fibre with a licence to kill

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8 Apr 2012

The Sydney Morning Herald: Asbestos now affecting third wave of victims

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30 Mar 2012

Dire DIY warning goes out HOME RENOVATORS ON NOTICE

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31 Jan 2012

Concord Cancer Research Boost

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17 Jan 2012

Asbestos Awareness Week

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21-27 Nov 2011

Danger Lurking in Older Houses - Glenn Innes Examiner - Press clipping

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24 Nov 2011

La Fiamma Magazine Article

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23 Nov 2011

Don’t mess with silent killer: If a home was built or renovated in the years leading up to 1985, it most likely contains asbestos.

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16 Nov 2011

Guild Digest - War Widows’ Guild of Australia NSW Limited

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Mar 2011

Father’s plight spurs fundraiser - Wyndham Weekly YOUR COMMUNITY VOICE

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2 Mar 2011

The Biaggio Signorelli Foundation receives national recognition for its support of the Development of National Guidelines for Mesothelioma (La Fiamma Mercoledi 8 Dicembre 2010)

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8 Dec 2010

KOREAN GOVERNMENT SEEKS ADVICE FROM ADRI
The international reputation of the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute at Concord Hospital continues to grow, with the most recent visitors being a high-level delegation from the Korean Government.
ADRI Director, Professor Nico van Zandwijk, welcomed the group recently by praising Korea as one of the few nations, which along with Australia, has placed a total ban on the use of asbestos. Read More > > >  

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Nov 2010

AUSTRALIA’S NEW ASBESTOS DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ADRI identifies a new tumour marker for mesothelioma!
Asbestos Awareness Week Is - 20-27 November
New research conducted by the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute (ADRI) (the world’s first stand-alone research facility dedicated to asbestos-related diseases) has identified a new tumour marker for mesothelioma – a breakthrough toward better treating patients with a disease that has an average survival time of only 6-18 months after diagnosis.Read More > > >  

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Nov 2010

Call for asbestos register to stop another toll 
Heath Gilmore HIGHER EDUCATION
A LEADING asbestos researcher wants to set up a register of NSW landfill sites containing Read More > > >  

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9 Oct 2010

Donati dalla Biaggio Signorelli Foundation all’ Asbestos Diseases Research Institute. 125.000 dollari per combatere il mesothelioma

La Fiamma Anno LX11 – No.139

22 July 2010

Donati dalla Biaggio Signorelli Foundation all’ Asbestos Diseases Research Institute. 125.000 dollari per combatere il mesothelioma

La Fiamma Anno LX11 – No.139

22 July 2010

On the 30th April the then Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Julia Gillard lauched the Australian Mesothelioma Registry at ADRI.
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30 April 2010

Antibodies, Biomarkers, & Diagnostic tests

Interview at ELCC

28 April till 
1 May 2010

Prevention through Education - Think before you Drill

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Mar, 2010

ADRI Joins Forces - Union Aid Abroad

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Feb, 2010

Mp3 of Professor Zandwijk on Asbestos

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Dec, 2009

Slater & Gordon’s Asbestos Research Fund. 
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11 Sept 2009

Launch of the Bernie Banton Foundation at the Bernie Banton Centre
7pm TV News NSW Published: Friday, September 11, 2009 7:50 AEST

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11 Sept 2009

KIller Carpet: Union Demands Asbestos Inspections:
by By Carly Laird: web site

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25 Aug 2009

Prime Minister opens Bernie Banton Centre

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Autumn 2009

Opening of Asbestos Diseases Research Institute at the Bernie Banton centre

ANZAC Research Institute discovery

Apr 2009

Asbestos Diseases Research Institute Bernie Banton Centre

Parliament of New South Wales, Hansard

2 Apr 2009

New Bernie Banton Centre to Fight Asbestos Cancer

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Autumn 2009

The Bernie Banton Centre acquires an artwork recently from Central Art

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31 Mar 2009

New lifeline for asbestosis sufferers

The National

9 Mar 2009

Prevention through Education - Think before you Drill

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Mar  2010

Opening of Bernie Banton Centre

HealthMatters

Feb 2009

PM pledges $5m to fit out asbestos labs

Inner-West Weekly

29 Jan 2009

Bernie Banton will never be forgotten

Parramatta Sun

28 Jan 2009

Tribute to Bernie

Hills Shire Times

27 Jan 2009

Asbestos battler lives on in name

Hills News

27 Jan 2009

Bernie battled tirelessly to raise awareness of asbestos-related diseases' Banton's legacy Centre opens in tough times

Inner Western Suburbs Courier

27 Jan 2009

Banton legacy lives on with $5m from Rudd

Daily Liberal

22 Jan 2009

PM backs Banton research centre Western

Advocate

22 Jan 2009

Asbestos centre a 'world first'

Border Mail

22 Jan 2009

Asbestos research

Sydney Morning Herald

22 Jan 2009

Asbestos Unit $5m pledge

Adelaide Advertiser

22 Jan 2009

Asbestos research

Daily Telegraph

22 Jan 2009

$5m to fight disease

Geelong Advertiserr

22 Jan 2009

NSW: World-first asbestos centre to research and treat patients

AAP Newswire

22 Jan 2009

Australian asbestos fighter Banton honoured

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22 Jan 2009

Rudd opens asbestos disease institute

The Age

21 Jan 2009

$5 Million for Bernie Banton Centre

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21 Jan 2009

New $12 million Bernie Banton Centre opens to fight asbestos related diseases

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21 Jan 2009

World's largest asbestos institute opened

SBS World News

21 Jan 2009

Kevin Rudd, Australian PM, has officially opened the Asbestos Diseases Research institute (Bernie Banton Centre) at Sydney's Concord Hospital

ABC 702

21 Jan 2009

Unions are calling on the government to open an enquiry into asbestos in Australia. Kevin Rudd, PM is about to open the Asbestos Disease Research Institute at Concord Hospital

ABC 702

21 Jan 2009

Rudd officially pen the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute at Concord

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21 Jan 2009

Rudd opens Bernie Banton asbestos research centre

ABC News

21 Jan 2009