02 August 2018

It’s time to Immunise Melbourne

North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network today launched a new campaign hoping to encourage more...

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25 July 2018

Recent antibiotic use linked to thicker arteries in early childhood

Recent antibiotic use in young children may be linked to increased cardiovascular risk, according to a...

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19 July 2018

Mental health of five year olds linked to their ability to learn

MCRI researchers have analysed teacher-reported data for more than 302,000 Australian children in their...

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11 July 2018

Regular teen drinking leads to alcohol problems in adulthood

A new study looking at the drinking patterns of 9,000 adolescents in Australia and New Zealand has been...

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03 July 2018

Rotary Art Show to raise funds for vital child allergy research

Money raised at the art show's community night on 9 July will go towards the world-first study, which aims...

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21 June 2018

Infant colic leads to no ongoing problems, study shows

In welcome reassurance to concerned parents, MCRI-funded research conducted by Royal Children's Hospital...

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01 June 2018

One third of Aussie kids exposed to disadvantage

Changing Children's Chances identifies patterns in children's experiences of disadvantage between birth and...

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28 May 2018

Unravelling the genetics of stuttering

Researchers from the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Speech and Language are calling for 3,000...

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26 May 2018

Spotlight on our researchers: A/Prof Jeanie Cheong

Congratulations to A/Prof Jeanie Cheong, our resident expert in the newborn brain, who has been awarded a...

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25 May 2018

Prota/MCRI completes enrolment of Phase 2b multicentre clinical trial of probiotic oral immunotherapy for the treatment of peanut allergy

The PPOIT-003 clinical study has been designed to provide evidence of a longer lasting tolerance to peanut...

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14 May 2018

Budget 2018 confirms the importance of genomic healthcare

Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) welcomes the $500M allocation to investment in genomic research...

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14 May 2018

Australians with food allergy don’t feel safe eating out - be aware and show you care

New research conducted by Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia on its member database has found that 4 out of 5...

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09 May 2018

Child visits to Victorian emergency departments for mental health issues triple

New research by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) has shown over the seven years between...

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07 May 2018

Murdoch Children's and AFL team up to tackle concussion in kids

Concussion is a growing public health problem with one in 20 children sustaining a concussion by the age of...

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16 April 2018

The 11th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococc​al Diseases

Over 1,100 researchers from all around the world have gathered in Melbourne for the event, which aims to...

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