Activating the silent assassin within to fight breast cancer
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Funding, Media Releases, News & EventsPerth researcher wins $1.4m grant to wake up an immune system corrupted by cancer FAST FACTS: Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women globally 14 million women…
New drug that breaks down the ‘barbed wire’ around some cancers
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Lab, News & Events, TumoursPerth researchers discover way to enhance immune response and drug treatment of stiff, difficult-to-treat solid cancers Some solid tumours are so stiff they make a cracking noise when they are…
Researchers uncover new sarcoma gene
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cell Signalling, Genes, News & Events, SarcomaA team of WA researchers has uncovered new genes that could play an important role in the development of sarcoma, a group of rare bone, muscle and connective tissue cancers.…
Brain & Breast Cancer Collaborative Grant Recipient Announced
By Alicia Bienkowski | Brain, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Genes, News & Events, ResearchProject led by Associate Professor Pilar Blancafort will be co-funded by an $890,000 investment from Cure Brain Cancer Foundation and National Breast Cancer Foundation. Top researchers from the fields of…
Changing view of Muscular Dystrophy
By Marlin Communications | Disease Area, Lab, Molecular Medicine, Muscular Dystrophy, News & Events, Rare Disease Genetics and Functional Genomics, Research, Research AreaPerkins PhD student, Dr Macarena Cabrera-Serrano, from the Laboratory for Neurogenetic Diseases, was lead author on the paper, Expanding the phenotype of GMPPB mutations. Although Congenital Muscular Dystrophy has several…
Can your gut bacteria affect your heart health?
By Marlin Communications | APEXHeart Lab, Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Science, Disease Area, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research AreaThe study led by Professor Girish Dwivedi from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, as well as researchers from UWA and Curtin University reviewed evidence from a number of…
Perth team solve forty-year genetic mystery
By Marlin Communications | Cancer and Cell Biology, Disease Area, Genes, Lab, Molecular Medicine, Muscles, News & Events, Rare Disease Genetics and Functional Genomics, Research, Research Area, Systems Biology and GenomicsResearch involving teams in Perth, Spain and Sweden identified the genetic mutation for the late-onset muscle weakening disease. Professor Nigel Laing AO, Head of the Neurogenetic Disease Laboratory at the…
Latest DNA sequencing technology arrives in Perth
By Marlin Communications | Cancer, Disease Area, Genetics, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research Area, Systems Biology and GenomicsA high capacity Illumina NovaSeq 6000 next generation DNA sequencer has arrived at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research as part of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) Centre…