
Improved outcomes following heart surgery
By Kylie Skotnicki, July 2008
Improved outcomes following heart surgery
Critical Care and Neurosciences / Heart Research
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Mobile phones used in battle against depression
By Alyssa Jones, May 2008
Mobile phones used in battle against depression
Healthy Development / Adolescent Health
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Mitochondrial disorders passed on by healthy mums
By Alyssa Jones, May 2008
Mitochondrial disorders passed on by healthy mums
Laboratory and Community Genetics / Mitochondrial & Metabolic Research
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Adult influenza vaccine study
By Alyssa Jones, April 2008
Adult participants needed for influenza vaccine study
Infection, Immunity and Environment / Immunisation Research (VIRGo/Immunisation CCRE)
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Iron overload affects men
By Kellie Furey, January 2008
Men's health at risk from iron overload
Infection, Immunity and Environment / Gut and Liver
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2000 Stories
By Kellie Furey, January 2008
2000 Stories
Healthy Development / Alcohol and Drug Use
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Top research discoveries
By Kellie Furey, December 2007
A life saving vaccine
Infection, Immunity and Environment / Enteric Viruses
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Diabetes affects mental health
By Kellie Furey, December 2007
Mental health is the leading complication of diabetes according to researchers.
Early Development and Disease / Diabetes
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$10 Million - A Life Saving Investment
By Kellie Furey, September 2007
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute will receive a $10 million injection for vital child health research, from the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), as announced by the Prime Minister John Howard today.
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Cord blood gives second chance
By Kellie Furey, September 2007
Cord blood is found in the placenta and umbilical cord which is usually discarded after childbirth. It is rich in blood-forming haemopoietic stem cells which when transplanted can replace blood cells destroyed by chemotherapy.
Early Development and Disease / Cord Blood Bank
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SMILE Foundation supports innovative research at MCRI
By Kellie Furey, September 2007
The SMILE (Supporting Medical Innovation for Life Enhancement) Foundation was launched in Sydney on 21 July. SMILE has been established by like-minded business people to support research into diagnosis, treatment and cures for rare childhood diseases and helps affected families.
Laboratory and Community Genetics / Mitochondrial & Metabolic Research
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Family finds a cause in loss of a son to allergy
By Kellie Furey, August 2007
A father whose son died from a severe allergic reaction was joined by his Macquarie Bank colleagues to fund important research into the condition at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.
Infection, Immunity and Environment / Allergy and Immune Disorders
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Australia’s obese children need help now
By Kellie Furey, July 2007
Australian children are fatter and less fit than they have ever been. It is estimated that more than 200,000 of our two–18 year olds are obese.
Healthy Development / Obesity, Physical Activity and Nutrition
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Can probiotics prevent eczema in children?
By Kellie Furey, July 2007
In the past 30 years the number of children affected by eczema, asthma and allergic rhinitis has more than doubled, with one in three Australian kids now suffering some kind of allergy.
Infection, Immunity and Environment / Allergy and Immune Disorders
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Circus training for children with cerebral palsy
By Kellie Furey, July 2007
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute recently collaborated with the Brain Research Institute (BRI), Circus Oz and the YMCA to trial an innovative approach to rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy using circus training.
Critical Care and Neurosciences / Victorian Infant Brain Studies (VIBeS)
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Creating new bone gives hope for craniofacial repair
By Kellie Furey, July 2007
What happens when the bones in the skull are damaged by trauma or a baby is born with insufficient bone to form a normal sized skull, as in the case of one in 2000 infants affected by craniosynostosis?
Musculoskeletal Disorders / Craniofacial Research
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Finding the cause of cancer
By Kellie Furey, July 2007
Solid tumours cause one third of all malignant cancer in children, of these brain tumours and sarcomas are the most significant causes of death.
Early Development and Disease / Cell Biology Laboratory
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A Healthy Start to Life for All Australians
By Kellie Furey, July 2007
The National Health & Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) has announced the recipients of ‘A Healthy Start to Life for All Australians’ grants.
Early Development and Disease / Developmental Epigenetics
Healthy Development / Mental Health, Behaviour and Wellbeing
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What do Marilyn Monroe and Winston Churchill have in common?
By Kellie Furey, July 2007
They both stuttered as children. So did Nat King Cole, Isaac Newton & Sam Neil.
Healthy Development / Language and Literacy
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Rural children need better dental care
By Kellie Furey, July 2007
Children in rural Victoria are four times more likely to be hospitalised for dental problems than those in metropolitan Melbourne.
Musculoskeletal Disorders / Oral Health Research
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Improving the future for children with traumatic brain injury
By Kellie Furey, July 2007
A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a relatively high-prevalence injury, often affecting younger children and adolescents.
Critical Care and Neurosciences / Child Neuropsychology
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Crohn’s disease
By Kellie Furey, March 2007
Researchers aim to learn more about the incurable bowel inflammation which affects 70,000 Australians.
Infection, Immunity and Environment / Intestinal Failure and Clinical Nutrition
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The long term effects of anaethetics on babies
By Kellie Furey, February 2007
Our new study will investigate whether giving infants a general anaethetic causes long term neurological damage
Critical Care and Neurosciences / Anaesthesia and Pain Management
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Why are children now more likely to have immune disorders?
By Kellie Furey, February 2007
Our new research aims to understand why auto immune disorders, where the body's defense system attacks its own healthy cells, are on the rise among Australian children.
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Our tall poppy
By Alyssa Jones, January 2007
Dr Rony Duncan was recently awarded The Australian Institute of Policy & Science's Young Tall Poppy Science Award
Healthy Development / Adolescent Health
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$2 million to support the future health of children
By Alyssa Jones, January 2007
Children's health recently received a massive boost, thanks to $14 million in funding awarded to the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute from the National Health & Medical Research Council.
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Primary students show high rates of alcohol use
By Alyssa Jones, December 2006
Australian primary and secondary school aged children are drinking alcohol at twice the rate of their American counterparts, a new study has shown.
Healthy Development / Adolescent Health
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Rested parents give nod to sleep study
By Alyssa Jones, December 2006
Our world first study has found that postnatal depression can be dramatically reduced.
Healthy Development / Community Child Health
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Stepping Out
By Alyssa Jones, August 2006
Stepping Out, a report detailing the activities of the first 18 months of the Gait Centre for Clinical Research Excellence, was released in August 2006.
Musculoskeletal Disorders / Orthopaedics and Gait Analysis
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Children's cancer research goes world class
By Alyssa Jones, June 2006
The fight against children's cancer was given a major boost with the opening of new world class cancer research laboratories.
Early Development and Disease / Cancer
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The impact of diabetes on brain development
By Alyssa Jones, May 2006
If glucose levels in the brain are too high or low, skills such as attention, memory, processing and problem solving can be affected.
Early Development and Disease / Diabetes
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A website to help Australian parents raise their children
By Alyssa Jones, May 2006
A landmark Australian website is helping parents and carers raise young children.
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Drug hope for Friedreich's ataxia
By Tanya Hollis, March 2006
An antioxidant drug that is hoped to slow the progression of the neurological genetic disease Friedreich's ataxia is about to enter trials.
Laboratory and Community Genetics / Genetic Health Research (Bruce Lefroy Centre)
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Gastro vaccine on hold for more funding
By Tanya Hollis, March 2006
An affordable vaccine that could ward off the most common cause of gastroenteritis is a small step closer.
Infection, Immunity and Environment / Enteric Viruses
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Viagra helps critically ill babies
By Alyssa Jones, January 2006
The erectile dysfunction drug Viagra has been found to have a new life saving use.
Critical Care and Neurosciences
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MRI predicts risks for premature babies
By Alyssa Jones, November 2005
New research has revealed that imaging the brains of premature babies give doctors vital clues as to how those babies will develop as children.
Critical Care and Neurosciences
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Bird flu vaccine trial a success
By Alyssa Jones, November 2005
The vaccine was tested in 400 healthy adults aged 18 - 45 and the trial showed that it was well tolerated among recipients.
Infection, Immunity and Environment / Immunisation Research (VIRGo/Immunisation CCRE)
Read MoreSolving the puzzle of childhood disabilities
By Alyssa Jones, March 2005
Solve is a new research project seeking to uncover the cause of disabilities including cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and autism.
Critical Care and Neurosciences
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