This Christmas, help keep Aussie families together
The day Christine lost her son, Kade, 31 to a heart attack she learned there are some wounds time can't heal
Your gift will help progress life-saving heart attack research
When you donate to the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute you are providing precious resources to researchers in our laboratory. Even a small gift can have a big impact.
Your donations provide essential funding that help...
- Purchase essential lab chemicals
- Purchase specialist equipment needed to carry out experiments
- Collect and analyse DNA samples from patients
- Employ the world’s brightest minds
- Progress research findings to clinical studies and trials
With your support, we can help keep families together
“There’s that saying that that time heals all wounds. Well, it doesn’t. You just learn to live with them. If heart attacks can be prevented in any way, shape or form. It needs to be prevented.”
– Christine, Kade’s mum
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