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 ...

Professor Aaron Jex is a Laboratory Head and Co-Lead in the Immunity division at WEHI, where he leads an infectious diseases research laboratory and Head of Technology Governance and Strategy. He is ...

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A compilation of wehi.tv DNA animations created between 2002-2014. This edit was created for the exhibition “The Future Starts Here” at the V&A South Kensington, UK (2018).

WEHI president Jane Hemstritch AO has today announced that Professor Ken Smith has been appointed as the next WEHI director. Prof Smith will assume the role in May 2024 after returning to Australia ...

Homologous recombination is crucial in repairing double-strand breaks in DNA, correcting errors, and maintaining genomic integrity. This animation highlights the role of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in DNA break ...

A novel combination of two cancer drugs has shown great potential as a future treatment for patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), one of the most common types of blood cancer. A new study by ...

WEHI researchers have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism our bodies use to regulate sugar, in findings that rewrite the fundamental rules of biology and open a new frontier in science. Published ...