Honeybee venom kills breast cancer cells
By Alicia Bienkowski | Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Lab, Media Releases, News & Events, ResearchVenom from honeybees found to kill aggressive breast cancer cells – Australian research published in Nature Precision Oncology Honeybee venom induces cancer cell death in hard to treat triple-negative breast cancer with minimal effect on healthy cells. Using…
Going bald to battle sarcoma
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Community, Fundraising, News & Events, SarcomaPerkins alumnus, Matthew Eton, is facing an important fight. In May this year, Matthew was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma – a subtype of the rare bone and connective tissue cancer…
New way to detect breast cancer more accurately
By Alicia Bienkowski | Bioimaging Research and Innovation for Translational Engingeering BRITE, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer, Media Releases, Research, StatementsA team of researchers from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of Western Australia have developed a new way to more accurately detect breast cancer in…
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…
Activating the silent assassin within to fight breast cancer
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Epigenetics, Funding, Media Releases, News & EventsPerth researcher wins $1.4m grant to wake up an immune system corrupted by cancer FAST FACTS: Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women globally 14 million women…