Professor Guillaume Lessene has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) for ...

Founded through an extraordinary act of generosity more than 100 years ago, WEHI has always been shaped by people who believe in the power of medical research to improve lives. Today, supporters ...

Around 12% of the world’s total cancer cases in 2024 were likely caused by an infection, according to new research from the World Health Organization (WHO). The study, published in The Lancet Oncology ...

Keeping mitochondria healthy depends on tight quality control, and ubiquitination has emerged as a central mechanism governing mitochondrial dynamics, protein import into mitochondria, mitophagy, and ...

Heraud-Farlow JE, Taylor SR, Chalk AM, Escudero A, Hu S-B, Goradia A, Sun T, Li Q, Nikolic I, Li JB, Fidalgo M, Guallar D, Simpson KJ, Walkley CR. GGNBP2 regulates MDA5 sensing triggered by self ...

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Helen Wilkinson’s life was upended when her son, Pete Young, was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) at age 23. Here Helen shares her memories of Pete and how his legacy lives onthrough ...

From landmark discoveries on the origins of breast cancer to translating lab findings into prevention trials for women at highest risk, Professor Jane Visvader’s pioneering research has improved our ...

Great science rarely happens in isolation. Strong partnerships connect people, expertise and technologies to help ambitious research move further, faster. Our feature story on a new discovery ...

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In today’s research environment, speed and technical edge matter. The ability to turn biological insights into real‑world benefits relies on the technologies that accelerate discovery. As the Nobel ...

BRCA2 is frequently mutated in breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancers. It is an essential component of the homologous recombination (HR) pathway, which repairs DNA double-strand breaks and ...