24 June 2020

Medicinal cannabis may reduce behavioural problems in kids with intellectual disabilities

Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioural problems in...

A syringe used in a genetic test
24 June 2020

Critically-ill Australian children receive genetic tests in record time

Access to life-saving genomic testing for critically-ill children across Australia is a...

child feeling unwell
23 June 2020

Childhood stroke and concussion research receives $5.9M boost

MCRI researchers have received two Federal Government grants, totalling $5.9M, to...

19 June 2020

Infants sought for vitamin D trial aiming to reduce food allergy

Food allergy researchers are seeking more than 1,700 babies for a trial testing whether...

17 June 2020

Federal commitment to help prevent, cure and manage food allergies

A bi-partisan Federal parliamentary inquiry has accepted all recommendations put forward...

16 June 2020

Treatment plan helps keep young cancer patients home

An Australian program that avoids hospital admission for some young cancer patients with...

12 June 2020

Trial seeking kids allergic to egg to test pioneering allergy treatment

A trial led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) is recruiting 80...

11 June 2020

Science informing policy: What the research says about childcare and early learning

Australia has done exceptionally well in addressing the challenges posed by the COVID-19...

A pregnant woman is checked by a health care worker
05 June 2020

Australian-first antenatal vaccine communication model to improve maternal and childhood vaccination rates

An Australian-first antenatal vaccine communication model for midwives showed promise...

03 June 2020

Using stem cell models to screen potential COVID19 treatments

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced $2 million in funding to establish human...

29 May 2020

Endometriosis and pelvic pain study receives funding boost

Researchers at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute will co-lead a study to...

27 May 2020

MCRI leads international paediatric COVID-19 intensive care registry

Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) is leading an international registry on...

26 May 2020

Suicide prevention research awarded federal grant

A new Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) project will research suicide...

25 May 2020

Increase in food allergy-related presentations of children to Victorian Hospitals

The demand for emergency services associated with food allergy-related problems in...

22 May 2020

First month of Australian data shows children at low risk of COVID-19 infection, no hospitalisations

In the first 30 days since seeing their first patient, the number of children testing...