New collaboration to aid the development of drugs to treat cancers
By Marlin Communications | Cancer and Cell Biology, Disease Area, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research Area, Tumours, Vascular Biology and Stromal TargetingCancer immunotherapies, including checkpoint blocking antibodies such as MSD’s Keytruda, have shown remarkable results in a number of different cancer types. However the effectiveness of these treatments may be enhanced…

Superbugs to kill ‘more than cancer’ by 2050
By Marlin Communications | Lab, News & Events, Research, Synthetic Biology and Drug DiscoveryWhen any of us needs a little inspiration at the Perkins there's a small sample of mould we can visit that's mounted on the wall in a little plastic contain-…
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…
Molecular machines stop cancer’s clock
By Marlin Communications | Cells, Disease Area, Lab, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research Area, Synthetic Biology and Drug DiscoveryHead 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…
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 uncover why millions of catheters could fail
By Marlin Communications | Clinical Science, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research Area, Vascular EngineeringMore than one billion disposable intravenous (IV) catheters are used every year and up to 50% of them fail, leading to a variety of problems such as increased risk of…
Stem cell reprogramming mystery clarified by new findings
By Marlin Communications | Cells, Disease Area, Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Lab, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research AreaIn 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…
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…