Perth MedTech firm secures funding for cannula innovation
By Richard Schoonraad | Bioimaging Research and Innovation, Funding, Imaging and Therapy, Media Releases, News & EventsVeinTech awarded $493,489 of Accelerating Commercialisation funding Perth based medical device company VeinTech is excited to announce it has secured $493,489 of matched non-dilutive funding to continue its efforts to…
New liver cancer blood test gets $2.5m research funding boost
By Richard Schoonraad | Bioimaging Research and Innovation, Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Cell Signalling, Cell-To-Cell Communication, Functional Genomics, Genes, Media Releases, News & Events, Single CellPredicting relapse for one of the world's deadliest cancers. Perth cancer researchers are on track to improve the outcomes of patients with the most common type of primary liver cancer.…
ACRF Centre for Advanced Cancer Genomics opens in Perth
By Richard Schoonraad | Bioimaging Research and Innovation, Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Cell Signalling, Cell-To-Cell Communication, Functional Genomics, Genes, Media Releases, News & Events, Single CellLatest technology analyses WA cancer patient tumours. The Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) Centre for Advanced Cancer Genomics, housing the next generation DNA sequencing technology, was opened today at the…
Reasons for hope this festive season
By Richard Schoonraad | Bioimaging Research and Innovation, Brain, Cancer, Inspiration, Melonoma, News & EventsProf Peter Leedman AO, Director of the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, provided the following end-of-year observations about the outlook for medical research in WA to The West Australian,…
New gene discovery published in New England Journal of Medicine
By Richard Schoonraad | Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disease, Genetics, News & Events, ResearchDisease-causing genetic mutation finding to impact thousands of patients world-wide The genetic cause of a brain disease that leads to vertigo, speech difficulties and loss of coordination, and which can…
First in-human use of Onco-Res Medical’s cancer imaging technology successful
By Richard Schoonraad | Biomedical engineering, Breast Cancer, News & EventsQuantitative Micro-Elastography (QME) Imaging System published in peer reviewed Cancer Research OncoRes Medical today announced positive data from the first in-cavity use of its Quantitative Micro-Elastography (QME) Imaging System. The…
Biodesign Australia brings global medical device innovation leaders to Perth
By Richard Schoonraad | Bioimaging Research and Innovation, Biomedical engineering, News & EventsBiodesign Australia brought together 31 Biodesign leaders from around the world representing Biodesign programs from Stanford University, Texas Medical Center, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Israel, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth to…
Passionate biomedical engineers recognised in Premier’s science awards
By Alicia Bienkowski | awards, Bioimaging Research and Innovation, Biomedical engineering, Media Releases, News & Events, Vascular EngineeringApplying the tools used by oil and gas engineers to investigate how blood flows in the placenta during pregnancy led to Harry Perkins Institute PhD student being named joint winner…