21 June 2022

Mental health program expands to every government primary school in Victoria

A mental health program, proven to help students who may have otherwise slipped through the cracks, will be...

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16 June 2022

Project awarded grant to help improve the health care of adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy

The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has been awarded a new grant for a project that aims to...

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10 June 2022

Project to better treat children with bone and joint infections

A Murdoch Children’s Research Institute project has secured funding for research that aims to better...

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10 June 2022

Umbilical cord blood cells can safely be infused into a sibling with cerebral palsy

An Australian-first study has found collecting and storing cells from a baby’s umbilical cord and later...

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09 June 2022

New initiative to improve outcomes for children with hip dysplasia

A new Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and The University of Melbourne project has received funding...

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08 June 2022

New WHO Guidelines To Better Treat And Manage Childhood Pneumonia

A major review into childhood pneumonia by researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute...

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02 June 2022

Global stem cell research partnership launches to advance treatment for incurable diseases

A global stem cell research collaboration that will develop new treatments for cancer, diabetes and heart...

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27 May 2022

Researchers discover immune system changes that support peanut allergy remission in children

Australian researchers have discovered the key immunological changes that support the remission of peanut...

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21 May 2022

Vale Professor Ruth Bishop AC BSc MSc PhD DSc

It is with great sadness that we advise that Professor Ruth Bishop passed away on 12 May, aged 89.Professor...

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20 May 2022

Caesarean births not linked to increased risk of food allergy during infancy

Caesarean births are not linked to an increased risk of food allergy during the first year of life,...

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18 May 2022

Anti-parasitic drug prevents bacterial complications of scabies on mass scale

An anti-parasitic drug, delivered on a mass scale, can prevent potentially dangerous bacterial...

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11 May 2022

Potential pathway linking infant infections to cardiovascular disease risk

Melbourne researchers have discovered a potential pathway linking early life infections to cardiovascular...

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03 May 2022

Researchers discover pathways to severe COVID-19 in children

Researchers have discovered the blood clotting and immune protein pathways that are activated in severe...

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28 April 2022

First global standards to help diagnose and manage most common type of dwarfism

The first global standards to help diagnose and manage achondroplasia - the most common type of dwarfism-...

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27 April 2022

Funding for research to improve premature babies’ quality of life

Researchers at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute have received funding for vital research that aims...

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