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…
Perkins Researchers Rebooting Evolution
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer and Cell Biology, Media Releases, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Synthetic Biology and Drug Discovery, Synthetic Biology Gene TherapyThe building blocks of life-saving therapeutics could be developed in days instead of years thanks to new software that simulates evolution. Proseeker is the name of a new computational tool…
Study finds gene regulation linked to energy production
By Alicia Bienkowski | Lab, Mitochondria, Mitochondrial Disease, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, News & Events, Research, Synthetic Biology and Drug DiscoveryResearchers at Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The University of Western Australia and Curtin University have made a fundamental discovery about the regulation of genes in mitochondria, providing new…
Student Publication Wins Award
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease, Funding, Media Releases, Mitochondrial Disease, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, News & EventsA significant study that found a link between an energy-producing gene and a hereditary heart condition has been awarded the annual James Hopley Student Publication Award. Kara Perks from the…
Perkins scientists celebrate international women’s day
By Marlin Communications | Lab, Media Releases, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research AreaScientific research and discovery are highly stimulating and rewarding careers that many women are frequently drawn to, most often as a result of a positive role model that piqued their…
Revolutionary new view of how living cells make energy
By Marlin Communications | Cancer, Diabetes, Disease Area, Heart, Lab, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research AreaJust as cars need fossil fuels to power their engines, the living cells that make up our bodies use food as a fuel source. To harness the energy in food…
Faulty gene linked to obesity in adults
By Marlin Communications | Cardiovascular Disease, Disease Area, Lab, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research AreaThe study, published in Science Advances, found that reduced function of a gene that impacts the breakdown of fats resulted in adult-onset obesity and fatty liver. Head of the Mitochondrial…
Perkins researchers find essential gene for healthy hearts
By Marlin Communications | Disease Area, Heart, Lab, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research Area, Synthetic Biology and Drug DiscoveryProfessor Aleksandra Filipovska and her team from the Perkins Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology Laboratory in collaboration with Professor Oliver Rackham and Professor Nils Göran Larsson and his team from the Max Planck Institute for Biology…