Australia to boost cancer research with $1.9m centre

It will use advanced imaging and cellular‑level immunology tools.

Australia opens the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) Centre for Dynamic Immuno‑Oncology (CDIO), supported by a $1.4m (AU2m) and $501,217 (AU700,000) funding from the ACRF and the National Imaging Facility, respectively.

The centre aims to boost research into immunotherapy, a treatment that alters the body's own immune system to help it recognise, attack and destroy cancer cells.  

It will use advanced imaging and cellular‑level immunology tools to understand a patient’s immune response in real time.  

This includes leveraging the existing infrastructure at The Alfred, including the $17m (AU24m) Quadra PET/CT scanner.