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A new study has found genetic makeup does not predispose people to tooth decay, however the research did find that children with overweight mothers are more likely to have cavities. The paper*, published in the latest edition of Pediatrics, estimates that one in three Australian children have
Emergency medicine doctors now have a better way to treat severe epileptic seizures in children, thanks to a New Zealand-Australian study. Prolonged epileptic seizures are the most common neurological emergency in children seen by hospitals. The seizures are potentially fatal: up to five percent
Australians born through assisted reproduction are as healthy as people conceived naturally, according to a new study led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. The research*, published in the latest Fertility and Sterility journal, is the largest ever population-based study comparing the
Ongoing contributions to kidney research have seen MCRI's Professor Melissa Little receive the prestigious Alfred Newton Richards Award at the World Congress of Nephrology in Melbourne today. The biennial award recognises Prof. Little's "superb and sustained achievements" in nephrology research
The Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) are delighted to establish the inaugural MDA Research Fellowship, to be awarded to Dr Chantal Coles for 2019. Chantal began her research career in the primary industries, completing a PhD focusing on
Australian, Solomon Islands and British researchers have succeeded in simultaneously treating two debilitating skin diseases (scabies and impetigo) which infect hundreds of millions of people, mostly in tropical countries. The study, published today in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, took place in
Image credit: Associate Professor James Hudson Australian scientists have conducted the first ever screening of potential heart regeneration drugs using bioengineered human heart muscle a move that could revolutionise how heart drugs are developed in the future. The four-year study has been
Each year more than 40,000 people have their tonsils out it is the most common elective childhood operation in Australia but this number could be reduced by a simple nasal spray being trialed by Melbourne researchers. Lead researcher Dr Kirsten Perrett, from the Murdoch Children's Research
The Murdoch Children's Research Institute has welcomed the opening of the first genomics mission competitive grants round to focus on research into cancers, children's illnesses and diseases with low survival rates.The $65 million competitive grants are part of the $500 million Australian Genomics
Mobile crèches in India, nutrition lessons for parents in Colombia, and mental health support for families in the Congo are just a few of the projects a Melbourne researcher has studied, while looking at how to deliver early child development programs to the world's preschoolers. Paediatrician
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