Common medicine used to treat gout found to prevent progression of coronary disease - international study published in New England Journal of Medicine by Perth researchers. A major clinical trial…
COVID-19 the mother of invention for WA’s fundraising walk for women’s cancer
By Alicia Bienkowski | Fundraising, Perkins Events, Walk for Women's CancerInstead of one major event, teams are doing their own thing and for a Busselton team that means trekking the Cape to Cape. Each year walkers from across WA descend…
Going bald to battle sarcoma
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Community, Fundraising, News & Events, SarcomaPerkins alumnus, Matthew Eton, is facing an important fight. In May this year, Matthew was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma – a subtype of the rare bone and connective tissue cancer…
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,…
Walking in Dublin for cancer research in Perth
By Alicia Bienkowski | Breast Cancer, Community, Events, Fundraising, Inspiration, News & Events, Perkins EventsIn so many ways COVID-19 has joined necessity as the mother of invention. For Irish grandmother, Anne Winslow, the pandemic cancelled a trip to Perth and a chance to be…
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…
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…
Researchers from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research have collaborated on a major project to help in the development of a new and improved way to treat the poor-prognosis…