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Since 1998, the Perkins has grown to become one of the nation's leading adult medical research centres, where a close-knit team of more than 450 research and clinical staff work together to defeat the major diseases that impact our community.
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WA researchers excel in nationally competitive grants

By Richard Schoonraad | Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Funding, Genome Biology and Genetic Diseases, Media Releases, Mitochondrial Disease, Mitochondrial disease, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, News & Events, Research, Translation

Eight (8) Federal government grants awarded to the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research Two of Australia’s most significant research grants, given only to the nation’s highest performing researchers, have…

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Cause of mitochondrial dysfunction discovered by Perkins researchers

By Marlin Communications | Disease Area, Lab, Mitochondrial disease, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research Area

The disease, known as Leigh Syndrome, has previously been linked to a genetic mutation, but Perkins researchers were able to determine how the mutation led to mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondria are…

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Mitochondrial disease

WA researchers excel in nationally competitive grants

Cause of mitochondrial dysfunction discovered by Perkins researchers

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