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Revolutionary new view of how living cells make energy
By leafcutter_admin | Cancer, Diabetes, Disease Area, Heart, Lab, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research AreaJust as cars need fossil fuels to power their engines, the living cells that make up our bodies use food as a fuel source. To harness the energy in food…
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Molecular machines stop cancer’s clock
By leafcutter_admin | Cells, Disease Area, Lab, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research Area, Synthetic Biology and Drug DiscoveryHead of the laboratory for Synthetic Biology and Drug Discovery, Professor Oliver Rackham, says cancer cells grow uncontrollably whereas normal cells limit their growth. “A normal cell grows for just the…
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Perth gene mine leads to international breakthrough
By leafcutter_admin | Centre for Diabetes Research, Clinical Science, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research AreaA ‘Gene Mine’ developed by UWA Professor Grant Morahan at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research has enabled a breakthrough in the fundamental understanding of chemical biology which will change the…
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Perkins researchers uncover why millions of catheters could fail
By leafcutter_admin | Clinical Science, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research Area, Vascular EngineeringMore than one billion disposable intravenous (IV) catheters are used every year and up to 50% of them fail, leading to a variety of problems such as increased risk of…
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Breast cancer gets the sting
By leafcutter_admin | Breast Cancer, Disease Area, News & Events, Research, Research Area, TreatmentsCiara is in the third year of a PhD at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. Her research, supported by the Cancer Council WA, is looking at the effects…
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Stem cell reprogramming mystery clarified by new findings
By leafcutter_admin | Cells, Disease Area, Epigenetics and Genomics Laboratory, Lab, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research AreaIn a study, published in Cell Stem Cell, researchers from the University of Western Australia, the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, and Monash University describe key drivers of the process…
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Perkins researchers find new way to defend against Type 2 Diabetes
By leafcutter_admin | Centre for Diabetes Research, Clinical Science, Diabetes, Disease Area, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research AreaType 2 Diabetes affects 1.4 million Australians and is caused when insulin-producing cells stop functioning properly. Diabetes researcher, UWA Associate Professor Fang-Xu Jiang, said it had been established that people…
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New drug to supercharge immune cells in the fight against cancer
By leafcutter_admin | Cancer and Cell Biology, Disease Area, News & Events, Research, Research Area, TumoursMany tumours can become resistant to the body’s immune system by creating a barrier of tangled blood vessels that feed the tumour while locking out immune cells that would attack…
