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Game-changing study shows ‘hands off’ approach’ best to treat a collapsed lung
By Alicia Bienkowski | Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Lungs, Media Releases, News & Events, Research, StatementsIt’s the basic rule of medicine all doctors follow – ‘first do no harm’. New research from a collaboration between Australian and New Zealand researchers backs that premise, showing that…
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Can your gut bacteria affect your heart health?
By Marlin Communications | Advanced Clinical and Translational Cardiovascular Imaging, 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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New way to examine how medicines act on cells
By Marlin Communications | Cancer, Chronic Kidney Disease, Disease Area, Lab, Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research AreaUsing a genome editing technique called CRISPR/Cas9, the researchers attached a super-bright glowing molecule, derived from deep sea shrimp, to specific molecules important for signalling in cancer cells, ‘receptors’. Receptors…
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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…
