ASPREE Project News
ASPREE-Hearing prepares to hit the road for 18 month test
Service Engineer, Ian Whittle spent the day re-calibrating eight audiometers in preparation for repeat hearing tests...
ASPREE Healthy Ageing Biobank Team in the ACT
In late August, members of our team spent the week on a round trip from Melbourne up to Cooma, Goulburn and Canberra,...
Concern about aspirin and cancer survival claim
Researchers await verification of aspirin and cancer survival announcement A report that aspirin doubled the life...
Ita Buttrose thanks Australians in the ASPREE trial
Two new ASPREE CSAs We are delighted to have Australian of the Year, Ita Buttrose, feature in two ASPREE...
Lack of Evidence Excludes Elderly in US Draft Aspirin Policy
Leading US health authority releases aspirin recommendations to prevent cardiovascular disease and cancer in...
Biorepository expertise shared with Museum Victoria
Representatives from Museum Victoria recently visited the new Monash University DEPM Biorepository to learn about the...
ASPREE Healthy Ageing Biobank travels
We are fortunate to have a terrific Biobank research team with a yen for travel and good food. Led by Tom Gilbert, the...
Healthy Ageing Biobank milestone and a new facility
Two important events happened in the ASPREE Healthy Ageing Biobank this week. Opening of a new storage facility for...
ASPREE’s Golden Day on Radio
The President of Golden Days FM, Melbourne’s Senior Broadcast radio, recently spoke to Professor Andrew Tonkin, a...
Aspirin, DNA and Cancer: ASPREE comment on JAMA paper
A recent report that an individual’s genetic make-up could determine whether aspirin had a positive or negative effect...














