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Image credit: ABC NewsThe Institute warmly congratulates our previous Chairman, Ms Suzi Carp, our Group Leader of Reproductive Epidemiology, Professor Jane Halliday, and Senior Research Fellow in the Heart Group Professor Igor Konstantinov on their inclusion in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours
A Melbourne-led study has uncovered a new neurodegenerative disorder in which children experience developmental regression and severe epilepsy. The study, led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, found a variation in a gene causes a
Here at Murdoch Children's Research Institute we are improving the use of antibiotics for every child - by researching the right choice, the right dose, the right time, the right person, the right way and the right place, to keep your family safe.
The demand for emergency services associated with food allergy-related problems in Victorian children increased during 2005–15, but the reasons for the increase are unclear, according to the authors of a research letter published online today by the Medical Journal of Australia. Researchers from
Achondroplasia is the most common type of dwarfism and affects about one in 25,000 babies born in Australia.
Associate Professor Amanda Gwee has been awarded a federal grant to improve the treatment of a viral illness that can be deadly for children with weakened immune systems.
Australian Genomics is one of three national genomic medicine initiatives, alongside Genomics England and the U.S. All of Us program, to be selected by GA4GH as Driver Projects. These will pilot GA4GH data sharing frameworks and standards in real-world healthcare settings, and share their
The Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Speech and Language team were delighted to host their official launch in August. The event brought together local, interstate and international guests from a range of disciplines including speech pathology, paediatric neurology, neuroscience and
A new treatment pioneered by Australian researchers would help better treat premature infants with a type of chronic lung disease, according to new research. The OPTIMIST-A clinical trial was co-led by Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) Honorary Professors including Peter Dargaville,
Nearly two-thirds of children with food allergy have outgrown their allergy by four years of age, however, there continue to be remarkably high rates of any allergic disease, with almost half of the children surveyed experiencing some form of allergy by four. The new findings released during Food
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