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Single test for over 50 genetic diseases will cut diagnosis from decades to days
By Alicia Bienkowski | News & EventsA new DNA test, developed by researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney and collaborators from Australia, UK and Israel, has been shown to identify a range…
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John Barrington AM takes the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research helm
By Alicia Bienkowski | News & EventsFormer Chair, The Honourable Wayne Martin AC QC steps down as Chair after three years …
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WA needs a dedicated cancer centre to improve outcomes
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer Centre News, News & EventsWA needs a dedicated cancer centre to improve outcomes OpEd Opinion piece, The West Australian: 1 March 2022, by Professor Leedman AO While COVID and preparing for its entry…
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Facing the fear that you may have a fatal disease
By Alicia Bienkowski | Media Releases, News & EventsHuntington disease may be rare but if you have a parent with Huntington’s you have a 50% chance of having it too. …
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Perkins Researchers Rebooting Evolution
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer and Cell Biology, Media Releases, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Synthetic Biology and Drug Discovery, Synthetic Biology Gene TherapyThe building blocks of life-saving therapeutics could be developed in days instead of years thanks to new software that simulates evolution. Proseeker is the name of a new computational tool…
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Young scientists given safe harbour by West Australian donors
By Alicia Bienkowski | awards, Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Funding, Genes, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disease, Genetics, Genome Biology and Genetic Diseases, Media Releases, News & EventsPerkins neuroscientist awarded fellowship for memory function research: An innovative fund to retain outstanding young scientists in Western Australia has awarded its first fellowship to Dr Olivier Clement whose research…
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Gene found for life threatening muscle disease affecting teenage athletes
By Alicia Bienkowski | Genetic Disease, Genetic Disease, Genetic Neuromuscular Disorders, Genetics, Genome Biology and Genetic Diseases, Media Releases, News & Events, ResearchWA geneticist receives national award: Growing up, Mitch Thompson used to suffer leg pains, usually after physical activity but he and his family put them down to growing pains. “The day…
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Q&A with Christina Vo
By Alicia Bienkowski | News & EventsFebruary 11 each year marks International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This day was officially declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 in recognition of the…
