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“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is a traditional part of our annual festivities with its story of the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future. The story, as we all know, has a happy ending for Scrooge and happy endings are something we continually strive for in health research.
Thanks to centuries of advancement in medicine, we continue to achieve this as thousands of lives are saved, diseases are eradicated and treatments are improved. We invite you to take a brief moment with us to consider how far we have come.
Christmases
Past
When Charles Dickens first published A Christmas Carol in 1843, the world was yet to benefit from basic medical breakthroughs like the use of antiseptics in operations and vaccines for cholera, anthrax and rabies.
Madam Curie, working with her husband Pierre discovered radio-activity in 1903. Without this discovery, we may not have the modern cancer treatments today. And so the list goes on through the discovery of a vaccine for the plague, the development of aspirin, the all-important discovery of penicillin in 1928, the introduction of the pacemaker and success with organ transplants.
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Christmases
Present
Now, together, it is our time to make a difference and to make great strides in health research that will be hailed in years, hopefully centures to come!
Already we have seen the development of the cervical cancer vaccine which has so far reached over 29 million women worldwide, developed here at the PA Hospital Campus by Professor Ian Frazer and his team. Professor Ranjeny Thomas is currently conducting clinical trials on a vaccine for rheumatoid arthritis. Associate Professor Devinder Gill and Dr Nigel Mcmillan's discoveries which could ultimately lead to a better treatment of the world's most common form of Leukaemia - Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL).
Every day our researchers work toward solutions for better diagnosis, improved treatment, prevention or eradication of diseases.
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Christmases
Future?
And so what of the future? A cure for cancer, heart disease, diabetes or even the common cold?
The exciting thing about research is that we never say "never". Thank goodness these words were never uttered by Madame Curie, Sir Alexander Fleming or Dr Christiaan Barnard.
The frontiers of medical research are the there to be explored and, with your ongoing support, new discoveries will be made and people's lives will be saved, extended or made more comfortable.
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