Clinical ScienceLabNews & EventsResearchResearch AreaVascular Engineering
Perkins researchers uncover why millions of catheters could fail
By Marlin Communications | 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…
Breast CancerDisease AreaNews & EventsResearchResearch AreaTreatments
Breast cancer gets the sting
By Marlin Communications | 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…
CellsDisease AreaEpigenetics and Genomics LaboratoryLabMolecular MedicineNews & EventsResearchResearch Area
Stem cell reprogramming mystery clarified by new findings
By Marlin Communications | 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 Marlin Communications | 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…
Cancer and Cell BiologyDisease AreaNews & EventsResearchResearch AreaTumours
New drug to supercharge immune cells in the fight against cancer
By Marlin Communications | 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…
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Faulty gene linked to obesity in adults
By Marlin Communications | Cardiovascular Disease, Disease Area, Lab, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research AreaThe study, published in Science Advances, found that reduced function of a gene that impacts the breakdown of fats resulted in adult-onset obesity and fatty liver. Head of the Mitochondrial…
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New way to examine how medicines act on cells
By Marlin Communications | Cancer, Chronic Kidney Disease, Disease Area, Lab, Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology, Molecular Medicine, News & Events, Research, Research AreaUsing a genome editing technique called CRISPR/Cas9, the researchers attached a super-bright glowing molecule, derived from deep sea shrimp, to specific molecules important for signalling in cancer cells, ‘receptors’. Receptors…
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Ground-breaking new study doubles the estimate of our functional genes
By Marlin Communications | Cancer, Cancer and Cell Biology, Disease Area, Genes, Lab, News & Events, Research, Research Area, Systems Biology and GenomicsThe findings, published in Nature, were the latest work of the FANTOM5 consortium, a group of researchers from Japan and Australia led by Professor Alistair Forrest from the Perkins and The University of…
