Our nation's ageing population has impacts on all of us, with one quarter of Australians expected to be aged over 65 years by 2044-5. In this edition of the Preventative Health UPDATE, we highlight how the work of the Preventative Health National Research Flagship is responding to the challenges facing our nation.
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$97 Million Research Collaboration Fund Goes Live

The Australian Government has announced the launch of the $97 million Flagship Collaboration Fund to support collaborative research between universities, the CSIRO and other publicly funded research agencies. Read more.

Nutrition in the new millennium 

CSIRO’s research efforts in nutritional genomics will receive international attention at a conference in Singapore this year.

CSIRO is part of a group of organisations involved with the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Southeast Asia Region in planning ILSI’s first international conference on Nutrigenomics – Opportunities in Asia, from December 7 – 9, 2005.  
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Scientists look back to predict the future

Analysing six years worth of weather and air quality records for Brisbane and Melbourne is providing Flagship scientists with a useful basis to develop future health warnings for people suffering ailments affected by environmental conditions such as asthma. Read more.

Nipping cancer before it buds

Catching cancer before it appears sounds like an impossibility – but it is not as improbable as it seems thanks to the work of research scientists who are investigating novel diagnostics for colorectal cancer. Read more.  

Preventative Health Flagship tackles dementia

New research has revealed that the number of Australians with dementia is expected to exceed 730,000 (2.8 per cent of the projected population) by 2050, highlighting the importance of the Preventative Health National Research Flagship’s research efforts to tackle this disease. Read more.

Message from the Director

$97 Million Research Collaboration Fund Goes Live

Nutrition in the new millennium

Scientists look back to predict the future

Nipping cancer before it buds

Preventative Health Flagship tackles dementia

Meet Christine O'Keefe, Flagship Scientist

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