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Cancer Research Facility Opens at UQ

Feb. 26, 2010

University of Queensland (Australia) researchers will have access to some of the world's leading cancer imaging equipment with of a US-$ 2.5 million facility funded by the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF). The ACRF Cancer Biology Imaging Facility, the most advanced of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, was officially opened by the Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency Dr. Penelope Wensley AO. The Facility is located at UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) and will allow IMB researchers to unravel the molecular reasons why healthy cells turn into cancerous cells and spread through the body. The new facility will add three advanced imaging microscopes to conduct fluorescence imaging, the fastest-growing area of cancer research.

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Keywords: ACRF Australian Cancer Research Foundation Cancer Biology Imaging Facility cancer research University of Queensland


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