13 April 2017

Meet our 2017 Honours/Masters scholarship students

The cohort are representing a wide range of research groups, including Cancer & Disease...

10 April 2017

Handy allergy tips

27 March 2017

Hype versus hope: Melissa Little discusses the latest on organoids

Professor Melissa Little and her team used organoid technology to pioneer groundbreaking...

21 March 2017

Children's Cancer Foundation & My Room celebrate a special milestone

Today the Children's Cancer Foundation and My Room celebrated 15 years of funding...

09 March 2017

New test to monitor the success of bone marrow transplants

The Organ Health BMT test has been developed by researchers from the Murdoch Children's...

28 February 2017

New gene discovery linked to ‘Rain Man’ brain condition

Associate Professors Paul Lockhart and Rick Leventer led an international team who have...

Rare disease patient Nelle with her parents Simon and Amanda
20 February 2017

100 children and families finally get answers through genomics

Many of the children were diagnosed in a Melbourne Genomics project led by clinical...

16 February 2017

Re-enacting the crime: funding boost for type 1 diabetes research

The research is one of three bold and promising projects that will benefit from $4.5...

13 February 2017

Kids with ADHD more likely to have language problems

The research will help raise awareness of the importance of screening for language...

04 February 2017

‘Gene for speed’ linked to severity and progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

MCRI's Director, Professor Kathryn North, and researchers Dr Marshall Hogarth and Dr...

30 January 2017

Melissa Little takes the lead for stem cell research

Stem Cells Australia (SCA) is a national alliance of more than 120 experts from...

25 January 2017

A new model of community-based group pregnancy care for refugee women

This Australian-first program was designed by health services in consultation with Karen...

05 January 2017

TV and video games link to emotional and behavioural problems among young boys

Led by Dr Lisa Mundy, the research is the first large population-based study to show...

Doctor examining young boy's chest using a stethoscope
30 June 2016

New insights into causes of sudden cardiac death in the young

Genetic testing has shed new light on the deaths of nearly 500 young Australians and New...

Smiling young girl with pigtails
10 June 2016

Report highlights inequities in access to health care across Australia

Experts say considerable improvement is needed to increase access to mental health...