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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…
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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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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…
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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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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…
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Australian drug chosen for global trial to treat COVID-19
By Alicia Bienkowski | Lab, Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology, News & Events, ResearchA drug developed by Perkins and UWA spinout company Dimerix will be used in a global trial to treat patients who have Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) as a result…
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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…
