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The Western Australian Cancer Single Cell Consortium has awarded funding of $240,000 to research led by Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) researcher Dr Rodrigo Carlessi, with our Associate Professor Nina Tirnitz-Parker, to investigate how damaged liver cells can predict liver cancer prior to its development. Rodrigo and Nina, from Curtin University’s School of Pharmacy […]

A research collaboration led by Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) Director Professor John Mamo will get to trial a new treatment for the most common form of Alzheimer’s disease with the announcement of $1.72 million in Federal Government funding to Curtin University. The multi-disciplinary team has identified a novel drug, that can supress the […]

A Curtin University research project led by CHIRI’s Associate Professor Pritinder Kaur, from the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, will receive $737,689 in funding to develop a 3D printing-based system to revolutionise the treatment of skin trauma. Supported by a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Stem Cell Therapies 2020 grant, the research has the […]

A CHIRI-led research collaboration at Curtin University has found a new link between sub-concussion and motor dysfunction in a study designed to replicate the impact suffered by some sport players. Recently published in the journal Frontiers in Neurology, the research is led by CHIRI’s Associate Professor Ryu Takechi, from Curtin’s School of Public Health, whose […]