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A new research centre based at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute will be established to improve emergency hospital care for children across Australia and New Zealand. The new Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Paediatric Emergency Medicine has received a total of $2.5 million in funding
For millions of families affected by food allergies, mealtimes can often be a challenging experience. There is no cure for food allergy and management relies on strict avoidance of allergens and knowing how to respond to accidental exposures and allergic reactions. Today, Murdoch Children’s
Two Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) projects have received funding for Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) research, which could lead to faster diagnosis and better treatment. NF1 affects about 1 in 2500 people worldwide, including 10,000 Australians. NF1 is a tumour predisposition syndrome.
From the first time Professor Ruth Bishop looked into her microscope and saw the distinctive wheel shape of the rotavirus, she was struck by its beauty. It was the early 1970s, and Professor Ruth Bishop, then a young bacteriologist, was leading a team of scientists on the Melbourne Children's
A podcast series is exploring the impact of concussion on children and how best to manage head injuries. Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) in partnership with Podcast One have developed the six-episode series, Concussion, presented by neuropsychologist and concussion expert, Professor
A new study has found a bacterial infection that can lead to pneumonia or meningitis is linked to weakened immune systems in children. The research suggests invasive pneumococcal disease, especially more than one episode, could be an important marker of a child having an immune deficiency. But
Researchers need 3,000 Australian stutterers for an international study that is searching for the genes in human DNA which cause stuttering. The largest study of its kind into stuttering aims to help develop treatments that target the speech disorder's cause, rather than just the
A team of international scientists, including Melbourne researchers, has found blood samples can help gauge the severity of children's brain injuries, indicating which children will recover and which will need ongoing support. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute, working with Canadian
Professor Ruth Bishop, a scientist with Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and professor at the University of Melbourne, has been appointed a Companion to the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours. In 1973 Professor Bishop, then a researcher at The Royal Children's Hospital,
The Lineage Study is an ambitious five-year project (2022–2027) dedicated to developing a framework for the ethical governance of genomic datasets in Australia. The project brings together bioethics scholars, legal academics, social scientists, clinical geneticists, genomic researchers,
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