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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…
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Genetic breakthrough helps couples hoping for healthy child
By Marlin Communications | News & Events, ResearchPrestigious journal, The American Journal of Human Genetics has published the significant findings which stemmed from a Perkins vacation project by Notre Dame University medical student Stephen Pannell. The genetic…
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Can your gut bacteria affect your heart health?
By Marlin Communications | APEXHeart Lab, Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Science, Disease Area, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research AreaThe study led by Professor Girish Dwivedi from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, as well as researchers from UWA and Curtin University reviewed evidence from a number of…
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Perth team solve forty-year genetic mystery
By Marlin Communications | Cancer and Cell Biology, Disease Area, Genes, Lab, Molecular Medicine, Muscles, News & Events, Rare Disease Genetics and Functional Genomics, Research, Research Area, Systems Biology and GenomicsResearch involving teams in Perth, Spain and Sweden identified the genetic mutation for the late-onset muscle weakening disease. Professor Nigel Laing AO, Head of the Neurogenetic Disease Laboratory at the…
