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Perth gains NATA-accreditation for rare disease diagnostic tool
By Richard Schoonraad | Disease Area, Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Genetic Disease, Genetic Neuromuscular Disorders, Genetics, Media Releases, Muscles, Muscular Dystrophy, News & Events, Research, Research AreaResearchers at Perth’s Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA are celebrating the long-awaited nationally recognised accreditation of a world-leading diagnostic technology that will provide faster,…
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Perkins Represented in Premiers Science Awards
By Richard Schoonraad | Antibiotic diagnostics, awards, BioDiscovery, Community, Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disease, Lungs, Media Releases, News & Events, ResearchThree celebrated scientists from WA’s Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, have been named as finalists in the 2024 Premier’s Science Awards. Associate Professor Gina Ravenscroft, Dr Kieran Mulroney and…
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‘Smart’ Plants for Space Travel
By Richard Schoonraad | Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Genome Biology and Genetic Diseases, Media Releases, News & Events, ResearchResearchers from Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and the University of Western Australia have developed synthetic genetic circuits that can turn plant genes on or off based on the…
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Perkins researchers granted funds to advance epigenetic research
By Richard Schoonraad | Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Funding, Genome Biology and Genetic Diseases, Lab, Media Releases, News & Events, ResearchTwo researchers at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research have been awarded separate grants totalling $3.6million in federal government funding to better understand and treat diseases. Perkins CEO, Prof…
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Support needed for doctors offering couples genetic testing
By Richard Schoonraad | Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Genetic Disease, Media Releases, Muscles, News & Events, Rare Disease Genetics and Functional Genomics, ResearchAs the number of genetic abnormalities that can be identified in pre and post pregnancy tests reaches the thousands, a national project has been launched to assist doctors as they…
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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, TranslationEight (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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New discovery for treatment of primary liver cancer shows promise
By Richard Schoonraad | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Disease Area, Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Lab, Liver, Liver Cancer, Liver Cancer, Liver Disease, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, News & Events, ResearchA study using preclinical models has discovered a drug combination with the potential to treat one of the most fatal and globally widespread cancers, a type of primary liver cancer…
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Scientists find way to wipe a cell’s memory to better reprogram it as a stem cell
By Richard Schoonraad | Bioimaging Research and Innovation for Translational Engingeering BRITE, Cells, Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, News & EventsIn a groundbreaking study published today in Nature, Australian scientists have resolved a long-standing problem in regenerative medicine. Led by Professor Ryan Lister from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical…
