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Molecular machines stop cancer’s clock

By | Cells, Disease Area, Lab, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research Area, Synthetic Biology and Drug Discovery

Head of the laboratory for Synthetic Biology and Drug Discovery, Professor Oliver Rackham, says cancer cells grow uncontrollably whereas normal cells limit their growth. “A normal cell grows for just the…

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Stem cell reprogramming mystery clarified by new findings

By | Cells, Disease Area, Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Lab, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research Area

In a study, published in Cell Stem Cell, researchers from the University of Western Australia, the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, and Monash University describe key drivers of the process…

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Perkins researchers find new way to defend against Type 2 Diabetes

By | Centre for Diabetes Research, Clinical Science, Diabetes, Disease Area, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research Area

Type 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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Faulty gene linked to obesity in adults

By | Cardiovascular Disease, Disease Area, Lab, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research Area

The 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…

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New way to examine how medicines act on cells

By | Cancer, Chronic Kidney Disease, Disease Area, Lab, Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research Area

Using 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…