Your inside look at groundbreaking research, discoveries and innovations

MAY 2026

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Welcome to your QIMR Berghofer eNewsletter

If you’re a new friend or long-time supporter, we're excited to have you as part of our community. This is your inside look at the groundbreaking research, discoveries and innovations at QIMR Berghofer.

From the latest scientific advancements to upcoming events and milestones - we'll take you behind the scenes so you can stay connected with the stories and people driving a better health and wellbeing future through world-class medical research.

AI screening tool gives pathologists ‘super vision’ to detect hidden cancer

The breakthrough research shows how the machine learning tool, STimage, accurately predicted breast, skin and kidney cancers and a liver immune disease with rapidly generated results.

Don's story: A family's fight against brain cancer

Glioblastoma took Don from his young family just 23 months after diagnosis. It is currently incurable, and that outcome can only be changed through medical research.

THERE'S HOPE

New research uncovers striking sex‑based differences in Parkinson’s disease

The study of 11,000 people with Parkinson’s has found symptoms vary greatly between males and females, offering hope for more targeted treatments.

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