This week marks 25 years since Murdoch Children's Deputy Director, Professor Andrew Sinclair and team identified the long sought after Y-chromosome linked Sex determining Region Y gene, SRY.
Alexander Kubicki, an Honours student in the Haematology Research team at Murdoch Children's, has won a Bio21 Research Images Competition with a vibrant image of a blood clot.
Professor David Thorburn, Genetics Theme Director and Group Leader of Mitochondrial Research, is celebrating 25 years at Murdoch Children's. Here we find out what motivates him and why he got into research, as well as his advice for young researchers.
Childhood weight issues, including overweight and obesity, affect more than a million children in Australia. Research, development and education are key in providing early intervention schemes for children that have the potential to fall into the weight trap.
The number of pregnant women in Victoria undergoing amniocentesis or chorion villous sampling, which are invasive prenatal diagnostic tests for chromosome conditions, has fallen to historic lows in recent years, a study by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute has found.
Scientists from Murdoch Children's Research Institute are using state-of-the-art tissue banking facilities to understand the mechanisms of childhood cancer.
Researchers from Melbourne Children’s Campus are undertaking a large-scale study which will improve testing and diagnosis in paediatric medicine and research.
‘The challenge of evidence based policy and practice: Where to now for early language interventions?’ This seminar will bring together key experts in...
