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A stroke occurs when the veins or arteries supplying blood to the brain suddenly become blocked by a blood clot or begin to leak blood.
This male fertility study aims to determine the lifestyle and environmental factors that put men at risk of infertility. About 30,000 couples seek help to have a baby each year in Australia. In half of the couples needing help, it is the man who has a fertility issue. The causes of male
Batten disease is an extremely rare, fatal genetic illness that affects the nervous system. It’s the most common form of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) disorders. When researching Batten disease, as with other rare disorders, true progress is best achieved when patients and families are at
An international study led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has secured philanthropic funding to better treat children with a severe complication of pneumonia. Associate Professor Catherine Satzke received the $620,993 E.W. AI Thrasher Award to advance research into pleural empyema,
Jane's research seeks to answer the long-standing question – what is a safe amount of alcohol to drink in pregnancy, if any?
I was five when my teacher told my parents that she thought I might have a stutter. They took me to have a test done where I was given a book to read out loud. Every time I stuttered, stumbled on my words or hesitated a lot, a lady pressed a button that counted my 'bumps'. In the end, my stutter
The BRACE trial is investigating whether BCG vaccine reduces the incidence of symptomatic and severe COVID-19, as well as other respiratory illnesses and allergic diseases.
For children requiring heart transplants, the journey doesn’t end after they receive their new heart. Following transplantation, patients must undergo frequent invasive biopsies to check for heart rejection. To help prevent these invasive procedures, MCRI researchers are developing a non-invasive
The Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS), which is based at Murdoch Children's Research Institute, has launched a new non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT), which is called percept™. VCGS is a not-for-profit provider of a comprehensive range of clinical and laboratory genetics
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