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Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) Professor Andrew Steer has been acknowledged for his outstanding contribution to the health and medical research landscape in Australia. Professor Steer has received the Jian Zhou Medal, awarded to a rising star of Australian health and medical science,
Both a mother's and father's mental health are associated with increased risk that their baby will be born premature, a new study has found. The research, led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and published in EClinicalMedicine, found men with persistent mental health problems
A largescale global trial designed to test the theory that the widely-used BCG vaccine could help protect against COVID-19 will soon recruit healthcare staff and care home workers in the UK. The University of Exeter is leading the UK arm of the trial, called the 'BCG vaccination to Reduce the
Two Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) led research centres aiming to break cycles of intergenerational trauma and preventing pneumonia in the Asia-Pacific will be established after receiving federal funding. The Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) projects have each received $2.5
Researchers have made a breakthrough genetic discovery into the cause of a spectrum of severe neurological conditions. A research study, led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and gracing the cover of and published in the October edition of Human Mutation, found two new mutations
The first biobank in Australia aiming to improve research and treatments into rare genetic diseases caused by changes to genes on chromosome 15, including Prader-Willi Syndrome and Angelman Syndrome, will be established at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI). Prader-Willi Research
Three Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) researchers have been awarded prestigious Churchill Fellowships that will see them travel the world to gain valuable knowledge and experience they need to advance their research projects in Australia. - Dr Daniel Engelman was awarded the Dr
COVID-19 cases in schools and childcare are mainly driven by community transmission and off-site learning should be a last resort, a has found. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) has prepared a COVID-19 in Victorian Schools Report at the request of the Victorian Department of Health
Infections account for almost three quarters of Australian infants needing to see a doctor and 1 in 10 presenting to an emergency department by 12 months of age, according to a new study. The research, led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and published in the Journal of
More than 10 per cent of healthy people who develop severe COVID-19 have misguided antibodies that attack the patient's own immune system, rather than the invading virus, new research shows. Another 3.5 per cent, at least, carry genetic mutations that impair their immune response to the
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