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An Australian study has unearthed a vital clue in predicting the likelihood of a baby having a food allergy - finding that a pregnant mother's gut bacteria may hold the key. The study - a collaboration between the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Deakin University and Barwon Health - was
Understanding human behaviours – panic is a normal response to emergency A common question we asked ourselves during the pandemic was, "Why do people react in the way they do?" As you are aware, our human brains are always ready to act in times of lurking danger. Unlike our hunter-gatherer
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
School children who experience racial discrimination show higher risk markers for later cardiometabolic disease, including diabetes, heart disease or stroke according to new research from Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and The Australian National University (ANU). The
A complete shake-up of the Australian health system is needed to better care for children and young people with mental health issues like anxiety, depression and self-harm, new research has found. Three new studies, led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and published in
A caesarean birth had little impact on whether a child would go onto develop allergies, a new study led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) has shown. The research, published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood journal, found only a small link between caesarean delivery and
During a collaborative visit to Stanford Medical School, Dr Melanie Neeland used an advanced immune profiling tool to understand why some children develop harmful allergic reactions to peanuts, while others are primed to become allergic but can eat peanut without adverse reactions.Using just a
Finding a needle in a haystack. That's how doctors and researchers explained it to us. 25,000 genes and a defect in one of them was likely causing my daughter Sarah's body to struggle to function. Finding which one seemed an impossible task. But as a parent, I had to believe a breakthrough was
A Melbourne-based program will accelerate our understanding of rare diseases and develop new treatments for one in 12 babies born with a rare genetic condition. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute's Rare Diseases Now (RDNow) program, launched today on the eve of Rare Disease Day (29
Murdoch Children's researchers Amanda Gwee, Melissa Lee and Jonathan Kaufman have been named finalists in the 2020 Victorian Premier's Awards for Health and Medical Research. The awards, to be announced on 23 March, recognise the exceptional contributions made by early career health and medical
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