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• The '10 of the Best' booklet provides details of ten medical research projects conducted in Australia in recent years covering leukaemia, asthma, multiple sclerosis, diabetes and heart disease.
• This year funding for health and medical research from the health and ageing portfolio will reach almost $500 million.
• This research has centred on a different type of bone marrow transplant using newly identified versions of molecules called cytokines to allow the collection of donor stem cells which, when transplanted, helps cure leukaemia while limiting the life-threatening complications.
• The research has considerable potential for commercial return, new therapies and better treatment to boost transplant tolerance in patients.
• This research increased understanding of the role of S100 proteins in asthma, allergy and other inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, infection and inflammatory bowel disease.
• The estimated cost to the Australian community is $720 million per annum.
• Multiple sclerosis is caused by plaques in the brain and spinal cord, which progressively reduce a patient's sensory function and ability to move.
• This research, which was carried out in Tasmania, where there is a higher incidence of MS, identified two gene regions that may be responsible for causing the disease, offering hope for the discovery of new treatments.
• Haemochromatosis is a common genetic disease affecting one in 300 Australians but it is under diagnosed and easily prevented.
• This research used gene therapy techniques to correct one form of childhood-onset of retinitis pigmentosa.
• Correct and quick diagnosis of a brain abscess can greatly improve patient outcome and recovery.
• This research has developed living tissue models to replace artificial implants such as silicone implants for breast reconstruction, using tissue or cells from the patient's own body autologous tissue or cells.

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