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Congratulations Professor Kathryn North, on her appointment as Companion to the Order of Australia in this year's Australia Day awards.This honour recognises Kathryn's national and international leadership in genomic medicine, her contribution to the advancement of genetic, neurological and child
Around 200 million people worldwide are affected by scabies at any one time, with an estimated 455 million new cases each year. Rates are particularly high in many Pacific nations and in parts of South America and Africa. In some remote Australian Indigenous communities, scabies remains highly
Ahead of Rare Disease Day (February 28), four leading children's research institutions on three continents are joining forces, to rapidly diagnose paediatric illnesses, including rare diseases, and find better treatments. The four paediatric centres – the Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Australian researchers have partnered with researchers in the Solomon Islands to advance the fight against neglected tropical diseases in the Pacific by proving that it is possible to safely treat large populations for trachoma and scabies simultaneously. For the study an entire population
Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) director Professor Kathryn North says a new national agency to support genomic medicine will help propel the integration of genomics into mainstream healthcare, a transformative approach to patient diagnosis and treatment. Professor North will be the
As originally published via The Conversation Mites living in your skin are just the start of the problems that come with having scabies. The highly infectious parasitic condition is linked with extreme itchiness, bacterial infections and kidney damage, plus debilitating social and economic
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and Australia's Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) will coordinate a global push to free the world of Group A Streptococcus (Strep A), the contagious bacteria that kills half a million people every year and is developing resistance to
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) Director Professor Kathryn North AC has been appointed the new Chair of the Australian Medical Research Advisory Board (AMRAB). AMRAB sets the priorities for the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), which oversees $650 million
Australian researchers have been awarded AU$10 million to lead a global program to wipe out scabies – the human parasite linked to severe skin infections, blood poisoning, kidney failure and heart disease. The funds come from the Macquarie Group's 50th anniversary philanthropic commitment to
An Australian/New Zealand study examining childhood head injuries has found that children who do recreational sports like horse riding, skate boarding and bike riding are more likely to suffer serious head injuries* than children who play contact sport like AFL or rugby. Research**, conducted by
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