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Lowering cancer drug dose could open tumours to immunotherapy

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Groundbreaking 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…

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“Google map” of ovarian tumours reveals cancer cells control who gets into their neighbourhood

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Perth researchers find some ovarian cancer cells appear to tell immune system to stay away. “Spatial transcriptomics reveals discrete tumour microenvironments and autocrine loops within ovarian cancer subclones” published in…

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Predicting immunotherapy effectiveness in late-stage liver cancer

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Blood test could hold key to identifying who will respond to immunotherapy after researchers discover biomarkers in liver cancer tissue. Liver cancer researchers at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical…

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New biomarker predicts liver cancer recurrence and immunotherapy response

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Analysis 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…

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WA researchers excel in nationally competitive grants

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Eight (8) Federal government grants awarded to the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research Two of Australia’s most significant research grants, given only to the nation’s highest performing researchers, have…