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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
From the first time Professor Ruth Bishop looked into her microscope and saw the distinctive wheel shape of the rotavirus, she was struck by its beauty. It was the early 1970s, and Professor Ruth Bishop, then a young bacteriologist, was leading a team of scientists on the Melbourne Children's
An Australian pilot study involving 896 families has found that paediatricians embedded into GP clinics reduced emergency department referrals and unnecessary prescriptions. The program, run in north west Melbourne, also boosted GP's confidence in treating common childhood conditions. The study
Professor Melissa Little has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to genome research in Australia.Professor Little, Theme Director of Cell Biology at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), was awarded the prestigious Julian Wells Medal at the Lorne GENOME Conference today
One in five children starts school with emerging health and developmental needs identified by their teachers, and on average goes onto having poorer NAPLAN results in Grade 3, a new study has found. For these kids this is equivalent of being nine months behind in schooling by Grade 3. The
A new podcast series is exploring the impact of concussion on children and how best to manage head injuries. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) in partnership with Podcast One have developed the six-episode series, Concussion, presented by neuropsychologist and concussion expert,
Photo: Left to right: Dr Nicole van Bergen; A/Prof Paul Lockhart; Dr Jay ShuklaMCRI researchers have received USD120 000 in funding to tease out the underlying causes of two rare genetic diseases. The two brain conditions are called BPAN, which causes movement and cognitive problems in affected
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