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A new spin-out company will develop new therapies designed to help patients with chronic inflammatory lung diseases such as severe asthma, cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Globally,…
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Boost for liver cancer patients with new $10.8 million world-class research centre
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer Centre News, Lab, Liver Cancer, Media Releases, News & EventsPatients with primary liver cancer will benefit from a new $10.8 million research centre established with a $5 million Cancer Research Trust grant and $5.8 million from Minderoo Foundation, Curtin…
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Ground-breaking COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Underway in Perth: First Participants Dosed After Thousands Register
By Alicia Bienkowski | Media Releases, News & EventsAn unprecedented number of people signed up to help in the fight against COVID-19 with more than 4000 registering for a ground-breaking vaccine trial at the Perkins trials facility, Linear…
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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…
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WA expertise produces 10,000 face shields to support frontline health workers
By Alicia Bienkowski | Bioimaging Research and Innovation for Translational Engingeering BRITE, Media Releases, News & EventsHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The University of Western Australia, WA Department of Health and Adarsh Australia have teamed up to manufacture up to 10,000 face-shields initially to support…
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Ground-Breaking COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Starting in Australia
By Alicia Bienkowski | Media Releases, News & Events, StatementsA Perth clinical research company has been selected to undertake a trial of one of the first vaccines in the world to demonstrate safety and immune response against COVID-19. Linear…
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New way to detect breast cancer more accurately
By Alicia Bienkowski | Bioimaging Research and Innovation for Translational Engingeering BRITE, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer, Media Releases, Research, StatementsA team of researchers from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of Western Australia have developed a new way to more accurately detect breast cancer in…
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Treating disease from a new angle
By Alicia Bienkowski | Bioimaging Research and Innovation for Translational Engingeering BRITE, Lab, Media Releases, News & Events, ResearchMany different diseases have been linked to stiffness in our cells, but researchers have needed more advanced tools to examine stiffness at a microscopic level. Now, biomedical engineers at the…
