WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Sarah Diepstraten, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) and John (Eddie) La Marca, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
Could mRNA vaccines be the next big thing for melanoma?
Sarah Diepstraten, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) and John (Eddie) La Marca, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
Stopping cells from dividing into new cells is one way to fight cancer. This is how the drug abemaciclib works.
Sarah Diepstraten, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) and John (Eddie) La Marca, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
A cancer that spreads is much more dangerous. Here’s why – and how it happens.
Marnie Blewitt, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) and Natalia Benetti, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
Studi kami pada tikus menunjukkan perubahan epigenetik pada ibu dapat diturunkan ke keturunannya untuk mempengaruhi waktu kritis dalam bagaimana tulang belakang berkembang.
Marnie Blewitt, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) and Natalia Benetti, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
Our study in mice shows epigenetic changes in the mother can be passed to her offspring to influence a critical time in how the spine develops.
Tracking mosquitoes in our backyards, such as Aedes notoscriptus, helps authorities work out future health risks.
Cameron Webb (NSW Health Pathology)
David Vaux, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
Australian scientists are no more honest or dishonest than those in other countries that have national bodies to investigate research fraud. We have a sport integrity watchdog but not one for research.
Vanessa Bryant, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) and Charlotte Slade, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
For people who are immunodeficient, the usual controls of the immune system don’t work as well. This can affect how they respond to vaccines. But this group should still get the COVID jab.
Marc Pellegrini, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
Australia’s keenly awaited COVID vaccine rollout begins today. So how will it work, and will the vaccine be the end of all our coronavirus-related problems?
It may not be long before Australia’s health sector offers predictive genomic analysis to patients. If this happens, could chatbots help lessen the load on genetic counsellors?
Onisha Patel, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) ; Isabelle Lucet, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) , and Michael Roy, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
If the coronavirus is a lock, a drug to defeat it is a key that needs to fit just right.
Joanna Groom, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
The cornerstone of our adaptive immune system is the ability to remember the various infections we have encountered. Quite literally, if it doesn’t kill you, it makes your immune system stronger.
Even without drugs, nets or an understanding of what caused malaria, human bodies were still fighting against the parasite – and winning.
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Jeanne Tie, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
We have no reliable way of knowing which patients’ cancer will return after surgery, so often chemotherapy is given to mop up any remaining cancer cells that may have gone undetected.