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Murdoch Children's Research Institute Professor Mimi Tang and her team have been awarded a grant to explore the immune mechanisms underpinning food allergy remission in children. Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australasia have announced Professor Tang as the recipient of its $40,000, 2021
A cell-based influenza vaccine has effectively provided protection against the flu in children and adolescents, according to a new study. The research found the cell-based quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIVc) produced a sufficient immune response in children aged two to 18 years. The lead
A pilot mental health program successfully trialled in Victorian primary schools will be expanded to a total of 100 schools next year. State Education Minister James Merlino today announced a further 74 schools will join the Mental Health in Primary Schools Pilot, developed by the Murdoch
A new research initiative has been created to help improve childhood epilepsy treatments. The $2.5 million NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence (CRE), to be led by Professor Ingrid Scheffer from the University of Melbourne and Dr Katherine Howell from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Murdoch Children's Research Institute's (MCRI)Professor Julie Bines, has been recognised as a 2021 Australian Museum Eureka Prize winner for her work in leading the development of RV3-BB, a vaccine that can prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis from birth, potentially saving thousands of young lives.
A third of Australian mums experiencing disadvantage have suffered job or income loss as well as high rates of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study has found. The research, led by the Centre for Community Child Health at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and published in
Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) Dr Sarah Stephenson has been selected as one of the outstanding early career researchers to receive a 2021 Young Tall Poppy Science Award, for her work on childhood epilepsy. Dr Stephenson is Team Leader of the MCRI Neurogenetics Group where
A Murdoch Children's Research Institute led project has received funding for research into a serious bacterial infection in children that could lead to better use of vaccines and improved health.The project, to be run in collaboration with Yale School of Public Health and the University of
The Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and its partners are leading a global program to better prevent and treat scabies – the human parasite linked to severe skin infections, blood poisoning, kidney failure and heart disease. The World Scabies Program (WSP) was established in 2019
A trial has confirmed that virtual reality helps children calmly receive radiotherapy treatment, and the technology could help prevent the use of general anaesthetic. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre trial involved 30 cancer participants, aged six
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