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New funding to tackle undiagnosed diseases and improve cancer immunotherapy

One of the researchers who helped crack the code of 10-year-old Northam girl Charlotte Patterson’s incredibly rare disease has received State Government funding that will allow her to use the same methods to rapidly assess the cases of hundreds more patients living with undiagnosed disease.

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Brain Cancer Awareness Month Q&A: Dr Hetal Dholaria’s vital work for WA Kids

Each year in Australia, around 120 children are diagnosed with brain cancer, the leading cause of cancer-related death in young people.

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WA families to help find triggers for childhood leukaemia

West Australian families are being asked to play a vital role in a major new national study to unravel the causes of childhood leukaemia.

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Melanoma

Melanoma, also known as malignant melanoma, occurs when abnormal skin cells multiply rapidly in an uncontrolled way.

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Brain Tumour

Brain tumours are the second most common cancer in children (after leukaemia).

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It is more “unbalanced” than you think

Sébastien Malinge PhD Laboratory Head, Translational Genomics in Leukaemia, Senior Research Fellow (University of Western Australia), Adjunct Senior

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Regular exercise improves the well-being of parents of children with cancer

Mental health benefits of a pedometer-based exercise intervention for parents of children with cancer were identified.

Research

CCI-007, a novel small molecule with cytotoxic activity against infant leukemia with MLL rearrangements

Identified CCI-007 as a novel small molecule that displays rapid toxicity towards a subset of MLL-r, CALM-AF10 and SET-NUP214 leukemia cell lines

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Psychosocial Outcomes in Parents of Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in Australia and New Zealand Through and Beyond Treatment

Parents of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) experience emotional distress throughout their child's treatment course. This study describes the psychological experience of Australian and New Zealand parents of children diagnosed with ALL. 

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Timo Lassmann

Feilman Fellow; Head, Precision Health Research and Head, Computational Biology