{"id":18568,"date":"2016-04-12T03:36:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T19:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/new-medical-technology-cuts-health-risks\/"},"modified":"2016-04-12T03:36:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T19:36:33","slug":"new-medical-technology-cuts-health-risks","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/new-medical-technology-cuts-health-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"New medical technology cuts health risks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Curtin University is now home to Australia\u2019s first Krumdieck Precision-Cut Tissue Slicer, a device which will be used in research projects to reduce health risks and health care costs for patients. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Precision-cut tissue slicing is a technique that allows one piece of tissue to be turned into potentially hundreds of \u2018ex vivo mini organ systems\u2019, or slices of tissue, which can then be individually tested. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Nina Tirnitz-Parker, Curtin\u2019s School of Biomedical Sciences, and Professor John Olynyk, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, are planning to use the Krumdieck Precision-Cut Tissue Slicer in research to manipulate liver stem cells to regenerate the liver, instead of the cells potentially contributing to disease progression.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Once approval to use the equipment for human material is achieved, the equipment can use donor livers in a way that will reduce the amount of tissue needed for clinical tests. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Krumdieck Precision-Cut Tissue Slicer allows researchers to test a large variety of drugs using a single piece of tissue which will potentially lead to a patient-based analysis of drugs before application, paving the way for individualised treatment approaches.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUsually only isolated cells are kept alive outside the body but this equipment makes it possible to culture a whole organ slice and have cells in their natural or niche situation,\u201d Dr Nina Tirnitz-Parker said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe technique will eventually contribute to novel personalised medicine approaches, help to eliminate trial-and-error inefficiencies, and thereby reduce the health risk for the patient and the associated health care costs.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The equipment was purchased with an equipment grant from the Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation and a further contribution from the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Mark Balfour, Chair of the Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation, said the investment was just one part of the Foundation\u2019s involvement with Curtin University.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe joint purchase of equipment is one of several collaborative initiatives between the Foundation and Curtin; other collaborations include a PhD scholarship and salary contributions.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Krumdieck Precision-Cut Tissue Slicer will be housed in the histology laboratory of the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute and is available to biomedical researchers in Western Australia and elsewhere.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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