Perkins secures biobanking grants to answer important questions in future research
By Alicia Bienkowski | awards, Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Centre for Diabetes Research, Diabetes, Diabetes, Funding, Inspiration, Liver, Liver Cancer, Liver Cancer, Liver Disease, Liver Disease, News & Events, Translational OncologyThe McGowan Government recently announced that the Harry Perkins Institute will receive two of the 16 grants totalling more than $1.5 million to support Western Australian biobanks. Congratulations to both…
Researchers developing tools to predict risk of fatal illness
By Marlin Communications | Centre for Diabetes Research, Clinical Science, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research AreaThe team from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research’s Centre for Diabetes Research has been selected to develop their technology through the prestigious CSIRO ON Accelerate program. The project…
Perth gene mine leads to international breakthrough
By Marlin Communications | Centre for Diabetes Research, Clinical Science, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research AreaA ‘Gene Mine’ developed by UWA Professor Grant Morahan at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research has enabled a breakthrough in the fundamental understanding of chemical biology which will change the…
Perkins researchers find new way to defend against Type 2 Diabetes
By Marlin Communications | Centre for Diabetes Research, Clinical Science, Diabetes, Disease Area, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research AreaType 2 Diabetes affects 1.4 million Australians and is caused when insulin-producing cells stop functioning properly. Diabetes researcher, UWA Associate Professor Fang-Xu Jiang, said it had been established that people…
Search for a diet to protect against Diabetes
By Marlin Communications | Centre for Diabetes Research, Clinical Science, Diabetes, Disease Area, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research AreaProfessor Grant Morahan, who heads the Centre for Diabetes Research at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, said that the study aimed to help people choose the ideal diet…