New biomarker predicts liver cancer recurrence and immunotherapy response
By Richard Schoonraad | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer and Cell Biology, Disease Area, Immunotherapy, Liver Cancer, Liver Cancer, Liver Disease, Liver Disease, News & Events, Research, Tumours, xOncofetal EcosystemAnalysis of the environment that surrounds liver cancer tumours has revealed that patients with a high concentration of a certain cell type have early return of aggressive cancer but do…
Hope for new drug to fight liver cancer
By Richard Schoonraad | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer and Cell Biology, Liver, Liver Cancer, Liver Cancer, Liver Disease, News & EventsPrimary liver cancer is a deadly illness and one of the fastest growing cancer types in the world. Now researchers from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research have developed…
Cancer researchers welcome Federal funding for WA centre
By Richard Schoonraad | Bowel Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer, Cancer and Cell Biology, Cancer Centre News, Colorectal Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Head and Neck, Liver Cancer, Liver Cancer, Lungs, Melanoma, Melonoma, News & Events, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, TumoursWestern Australians living with cancer to receive patient centred care linked to research. Fast facts: Cancer is a major cause of death by disease in adults and children in Australia…
Perkins Researchers Rebooting Evolution
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer and Cell Biology, Media Releases, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Synthetic Biology and Drug Discovery, Synthetic Biology Gene TherapyThe building blocks of life-saving therapeutics could be developed in days instead of years thanks to new software that simulates evolution. Proseeker is the name of a new computational tool…
Cancer patients, the ultimate winners of 200km bike ride
By Alicia Bienkowski | Brain Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer and Cell Biology, Community, Community Events, Events, Liver Cancer, Media Releases, News & Events, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer$7 million boost for Perth cancer research. More than 1,550 riders in Australia’s biggest charity bike ride, the MACA Cancer 200 Ride for Research, raised a record $7m for Perth’s…
Bioinformatics and high-performance computing evolution lead to better treatments for major diseases
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer and Cell Biology, News & Events, Research, Synthetic Biology and Drug DiscoveryIt’s time to talk about bioinformatics and its influence on high-performance computing (HPC) as well as the importance of data analysis and interpretation in medical research. As part of Data…
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…
WA’s first pre-pregnancy screening program for genetic diseases
By Marlin Communications | Cancer, Cancer and Cell Biology, Disease Area, Genetic Disease, News & Events, Research, Research AreaScreening offered for over 450 debilitating genetic conditions For the first time in WA a screening program that can detect more than 450 disease genes is being offered to couples…