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Cancer patients, the ultimate winners of 200km bike ride

By Alicia Bienkowski | Brain Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer and Cell Biology, Community, Community Events, Events, Liver Cancer, Media Releases, News & Events, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer

$7 million boost for Perth cancer research. More than 1,550 riders in Australia’s biggest charity bike ride, the MACA Cancer 200 Ride for Research, raised a record $7m for Perth’s…

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$7 million boost for Perth cancer research

By Alicia Bienkowski | Community, Media Releases, News & Events

Australia’s biggest charity bike ride leaves Optus Stadium in two-day 200km event. A record 1,550 riders are on the road after heading off from Optus Stadium at 7am this morning…

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Mining sector companies unite for WA Cancer Research

By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Community Events, Events, Media Releases, News & Events, Perkins Events, Supporters

Pictured above, L to R: Steve Currie (Perkins), Rebecca Grey (MACA), Richard Otway (WesTrac), Professor Peter Leedman AO (Perkins), Geoff Baker (MACA), Geoff Bailey (WesTrac), Bob Gavranich & John Moralee…

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More than one Perkins initiative named WA innovator finalist 2021

By Alicia Bienkowski | awards, Blood Vessels, Cardiovascular Disease, Media Releases, News & Events, Vascular Engineering

Two Perkins initiatives are in the running as finalists for several WA Innovator of the Year categories in the 2021 Awards that will be announced early in November. Apricot is…

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Hunt for missing genetics given million-dollar boost

By Alicia Bienkowski | awards, Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Funding, Genes, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disease, Genetic Neuromuscular Disorders, Genetics, Genome Biology and Genetic Diseases, Media Releases, News & Events

Families from around the world with debilitating inherited diseases will be the beneficiaries of a $1,284,836.30 grant by the Australian federal government to a leading Perth geneticist. Dr Gina Ravenscroft,…

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New treatment discovery for rare eye cancer

By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Media Releases, Melanoma, Melanoma Discovery, Melonoma, News & Events, Research

An unusual and often fatal form of eye melanoma shows early response to new combination of treatments. New discoveries in treatments are all about improved health outcomes for people who…

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Genetic disease hunt resolved after 20-year search for a gene for facial deformity condition

By Alicia Bienkowski | Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Genes, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disease, Genetic Neuromuscular Disorders, Genetics, Genome Biology and Genetic Diseases, Media Releases, Research

Published in Nature Communications. International hunt by geneticists in Perth, Australia and Yale University, U.S.A. find cause of significant facial deformity disease Families with hemifacial microsomia, a condition where one…

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$20M for biopharm DIMERIX to fund phase 3 trials for rare kidney disease

By Alicia Bienkowski | Chronic Kidney Disease, Funding, Kidney Disease, Kidneys, Media Releases, Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research Area

Biopharmaceutical company, Dimerix (ASX: DXB), which is developing new treatments for types of inflammatory kidney and respiratory diseases, announced it has successfully raised $20 million to fund Phase 3 trials…

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New tool to treat heart disease named WA innovator finalist

By Alicia Bienkowski | awards, Blood Vessels, Cardiovascular Disease, Media Releases, News & Events, Vascular Engineering

A new tool that provides cardiologists with rapid information to treat patients with heart disease and save lives lost from heart attacks is a finalist in the WA Innovator of…