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L-r Prof Nigel Laing AO, Emma Weatherley, Associate Professor Gina Ravenscroft

Perth gains NATA-accreditation for rare disease diagnostic tool

Researchers at Perth’s Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA are celebrating the long-awaited nationally recognised accreditation of a world-leading diagnostic technology that will provide faster,…

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Dr Kieran Mulroney

Federal funding helps WA Biotech firm save lives

Cytophenix, a WA biotech startup led by Perkins Researcher Dr Kieran Mulroney, has been awarded a $500,000 grant as part of the Brandon BioCatalyst’s CUREator Incubator’s Health Security funding stream. …

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Lowering cancer drug dose could open tumours to immunotherapy

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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