Genetic tests to identify people at higher risk of heart failure
By Alicia Bienkowski | Advanced Clinical and Translational Cardiovascular Imaging, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Science and Diabetes Program, Centre for Diabetes Research, Heart, Lab, Media Releases, News & Events, ResearchA groundbreaking study by researchers at Perth’s Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research has produced a genetic test for heart failure, which will enable early intervention and more personalised treatment…
New technology revealing genetics of recurrent pregnancy loss
By Cam Findlay | Community, Disease Area, Genes, Genetic Disease, Genome Biology and Genetic Diseases, Lab, News & Events, Rare Disease Genetics and Functional Genomics, Research AreaEvery day in Australia, 282 women experience a miscarriage, according to the The Pink Elephants Support Network. Chromosomal abnormalities are one of the more commonly recognised causes of recurrent miscarriage.…
Perth gains NATA-accreditation for rare disease diagnostic tool
By Richard Schoonraad | Disease Area, Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Genetic Disease, Genetic Neuromuscular Disorders, Genetics, Media Releases, Muscles, Muscular Dystrophy, News & Events, Research, Research AreaResearchers at Perth’s Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA are celebrating the long-awaited nationally recognised accreditation of a world-leading diagnostic technology that will provide faster,…
Federal funding helps WA Biotech firm save lives
By Alicia Bienkowski | Disease Area, Funding, Lab, Media Releases, News & Events, Research, Research AreaCytophenix, a WA biotech startup led by Perkins Researcher Dr Kieran Mulroney, has been awarded a $500,000 grant as part of the Brandon BioCatalyst’s CUREator Incubator’s Health Security funding stream. …
Lowering cancer drug dose could open tumours to immunotherapy
By Alicia Bienkowski | Brain, Cancer, Cancer, Disease Area, Lab, Media Releases, Melanoma Discovery, Melonoma, News & Events, Research, Research Area, Systems Biology and GenomicsGroundbreaking research undertaken at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Perth has shown that administering anti-cancer drugs at a hundred-fold lower dose than standard protocols could improve the…
Genetic Variants Linked to Severe Form of Muscular Dystrophy
By Alicia Bienkowski | Development of Improved Diagnostics for Genetic Disease, Development of Therapies for Selected Genetic Muscle Diseases, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disease, Genetic Neuromuscular Disorders, Genetics, Lab, Muscular Dystrophy, News & Events, Rare Disease Genetics and Functional Genomics, ResearchResearchers from Perth’s Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research have led a study that uncovered changes in a gene associated with a rare and severe form of muscular dystrophy. The…
Gene Mutation Discovery Sheds Light on Rare Muscle Disorder
By Alicia Bienkowski | Development of Improved Diagnostics for Genetic Disease, Development of Therapies for Selected Genetic Muscle Diseases, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disease, Genetic Neuromuscular Disorders, Genetics, Lab, Muscular Dystrophy, News & Events, Rare Disease Genetics and Functional Genomics, ResearchA groundbreaking study led by Dr Mridul Johari and Associate Professor Gina Ravenscroft, has identified that a genetic mutation is responsible for a rare and debilitating form of congenital myopathy.…
Perkins researchers discover muscle disease gene
By Richard Schoonraad | Genes, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disease, Genetic Neuromuscular Disorders, Genetics, News & Events, ResearchResearchers at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of Western Australia (UWA) have discovered the genetic cause of a rare muscle disease that causes muscle weakness,…