The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Toxic trio identified as the basis of coeliac disease

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have identified the three protein fragments that make gluten - the main protein in wheat, rye and barley – toxic to people with coeliac disease.

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Cell death insights lead to premier’s award commendation

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientist Dr Mark McKenzie has this week been commended in the Victorian Government’s Premier’s Award for Public Health and Medical Research.

Dr McKenzie, a Leukaemia...

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Gates open on understanding potassium channel controls

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have made a significant advance in understanding how potassium channels, which permit the flow of electric currents central to many of the body’s biological...

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Blood-thinning copycat enters malaria fight

New treatments for malaria are possible after Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists found that molecules similar to the blood-thinning drug heparin can stop malaria from infecting red blood...

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