Improved outcomes following heart surgery

By Kylie Skotnicki, July 2008

Improved outcomes following heart surgery

Critical Care and Neurosciences  /  Heart Research

Our research priorities

By Alyssa Jones, May 2008

Our research priorities

Mobile phones used in battle against depression

By Alyssa Jones, May 2008

Mobile phones used in battle against depression

Healthy Development  /  Adolescent Health

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

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)

Iron overload affects men

By Kellie Furey, January 2008

Men's health at risk from iron overload

Infection, Immunity and Environment  /  Gut and Liver

2000 Stories

By Kellie Furey, January 2008

2000 Stories

Healthy Development  /  Alcohol and Drug Use

Top research discoveries

By Kellie Furey, December 2007

A life saving vaccine

Infection, Immunity and Environment  /  Enteric Viruses

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

$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.

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

$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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Healthy Development

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)

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

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

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

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)

Solving 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