Genetic screening study begins national roll-out
By Alicia Bienkowski | Funding, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disease, Genetic Neuromuscular Disorders, Genetics, Media Releases, News & Events, Rare Disease Genetics and Functional Genomics, Research, StatementsFull-scale recruitment for a $20 million reproductive genetic carrier screening study has begun in four states and territories ahead of national expansion next year. The pilot phase of the Mackenzie’s…
Activating the silent assassin within to fight breast cancer
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Funding, Media Releases, News & EventsPerth researcher wins $1.4m grant to wake up an immune system corrupted by cancer FAST FACTS: Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women globally 14 million women…
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 joins State-first program to accelerate digital health in WA
By Alicia Bienkowski | Funding, Media Releases, News & Events, Research, StatementsThe Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research has joined forces with a consortium of partners across the WA medical research sector to develop and deliver the State’s first digital health-specific…