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Smartphones the next frontier in skin cancer detection
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Lab, Media Releases, Melanoma, Melonoma, News & Events, Research, UncategorisedArtificial intelligence could soon be used to diagnose melanoma more cheaply and accurately based on an artificial intelligence algorithm developed by WA researchers. Findings published in the journal of the…
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Study finds gene regulation linked to energy production
By Alicia Bienkowski | Lab, Mitochondria, Mitochondrial Disease, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, News & Events, Research, Synthetic Biology and Drug DiscoveryResearchers at Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The University of Western Australia and Curtin University have made a fundamental discovery about the regulation of genes in mitochondria, providing new…
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Perkins researcher develops tool to target the right vein, the first time
By Alicia Bienkowski | Lab, Media Releases, News & Events, Research, Vascular EngineeringA medical device start-up established at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, is aiming to help patients undergoing one of the most common medical procedures. Along with Emergency Consultant…
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Engineers offer new hope for blood vessel surgery
By Alicia Bienkowski | Blood Vessels, News & Events, Research, Vascular EngineeringA new biomaterial that could one day be used to help patients undergoing surgery on the largest artery in the body has been developed by a team of researchers from…
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Perkins joins State-first program to accelerate digital health in WA
By Alicia Bienkowski | Funding, Media Releases, News & Events, Research, StatementsThe Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research has joined forces with a consortium of partners across the WA medical research sector to develop and deliver the State’s first digital health-specific…
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Brain & Breast Cancer Collaborative Grant Recipient Announced
By Alicia Bienkowski | Brain, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Genes, News & Events, ResearchProject led by Associate Professor Pilar Blancafort will be co-funded by an $890,000 investment from Cure Brain Cancer Foundation and National Breast Cancer Foundation. Top researchers from the fields of…
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Changing view of Muscular Dystrophy
By Marlin Communications | Disease Area, Lab, Molecular Medicine, Muscular Dystrophy, News & Events, Rare Disease Genetics and Functional Genomics, Research, Research AreaPerkins PhD student, Dr Macarena Cabrera-Serrano, from the Laboratory for Neurogenetic Diseases, was lead author on the paper, Expanding the phenotype of GMPPB mutations. Although Congenital Muscular Dystrophy has several…
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A major clinical trial involving around 5,000 patients to determine whether a new use for an old drug can reduce heart attacks in patients. The drug is colchicine, widely used…
