Latest News 03/2010

Compound screening for drug development made simpler

The identification of compounds that could be promising candidates for drug development has become easier following research by the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute’s medicinal chemistry group.

Dr Jonathan Baell and Dr Georgina Holloway have developed a series of ‘filters’ that can be used to weed...

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Structure of insulin’s docking point identified

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have determined the structure of a previously unseen part of the insulin receptor, making possible new treatments for diabetes.

The insulin receptor is a large protein on the surface of cells to which the hormone insulin binds. Insulin controls when and...

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Leukaemia gene Moz linked further to cancer development

Researchers in the Molecular Medicine division have discovered that a protein called MOZ, which is genetically altered in certain blood cancers, is important in controlling a group of genes that have also been implicated in cancer disease processes.

Through studies of how body segmentation in...

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