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Our researchers work across more than 90 labs and platforms, which bring together people with a range of skills to solve important questions about health and disease.

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Meet the researchers who solved a decades-long Parkinson’s disease mystery.

In a world-first, WEHI researchers discovered what a protein called PINK1 looks like in humans and how it is activated, paving the way for potential Parkinson’s treatments.

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