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Cases like Sebastian's demonstrate the incredible power of genomic research. When Sebastian was born in late 2018, high blood pressure was making his heart work too hard. Rather than order a barrage of tests, Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and Acute Care Genomics study into the
Students are the research leaders of the future - in 2019 they showed the world why. At Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), we nurture and inspire the next generation of researchers and clinician-scientists. Our unique learning environment, drawing on our co-location with The Royal
From birth to eight years old, kids do a huge amount of growing, learning and changing. These enormously impactful years, which lay the foundations for the adults we become, are the focus of the researchers at the Centre for Community Child Health. The Centre, a department of The Royal Children's
No place like homeHaving shown excellent results from a trial treating children with cellulitis, the researchers set their sights on other conditions that could also benefit from home treatment.One of those diseases is bronchiectasis, a lung condition that brought a seven year old boy called Leroy
Imagine not knowing what is making your baby sick. You and the medical team can't make informed decisions about the best care for your child. You don't know whether any other children you might have will be at risk. And you can't reach out to other families experiencing the same condition for
Many of us would like to be a bit taller, but for some children it would be life-changing.A world-first treatment, developed from MCRI-led research, is allowing those with achondroplasia to grow at the same rate as their peers and possibly avoid surgery.Achondroplasia is caused by a gene mutation
Leading the way Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) is one of few institutes globally with the in-house capacity to complete the end-to-end process of inducing, editing and utilising induced pluripotent stem cells for high-throughput drug-disease modelling and discovery. The advancements
Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) Professor Sharon Goldfeld has been awarded the inaugural Marles Medal in STEM (science, technology, engineering and medicine) for excellent and original research that led to outstanding achievement in research impact. The Marles Medal is awarded by the
The World Scabies Program recently held its first National Steering Committee meeting at the Fiji Centre for Disease Control. This meeting signalled the launch of the World Scabies Program in Fiji by bringing together senior health and government representatives with staff from Melbourne via video
New research on the genetics of Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes could help in developing personalised therapies for associated mental illness and autism features. Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and Angelman syndrome (AS) have few treatments for associated complications including autism spectrum
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