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The Murdoch Children's Research Institute has welcomed the news that it is one of the three main partners in a $20-million genetic screening research study. The Mackenzie's Mission project will screen about 10,000 couples to see if they are carriers of a genetic condition that could be passed on
New research has found that a large percentage of Australian eight to 12-year-olds are being bullied and/or experiencing emotional difficulties and these children are falling behind their peers in numeracy and reading in the classroom. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute's Centre for
It is one of the rarest jobs in Australia with only 230 employed nationwide but genetic counselling has become a little better known this week as Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day was celebrated on Thursday, November 8. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute has a not-for-profit genetic testing
Lyndon Gallacher is an Associate Genetic Counsellor at VCGS. To mark Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day, held on 8 November, Lyndon has shared his work with us. Tell us about your work as a genetic counsellorI, like many genetic counsellors, have a number of roles. I work in clinic assisting
Murdoch Children's Research Institute researchers have linked a rare type of cancer – most prevalent in Asian and Polynesian populations - to a mutation in a protein that is central to immunesystem regulation. The research, published today in Nature Genetics, is the first to find that an
Associate Professor Ken Pang is a Senior Research Fellow, consultant paediatrician and biomedical researcher. Tell us about your work. As one of the Melbourne Children's Clinician Scientist Fellows, I have dual roles. On the one hand, I work as a paediatrician with the Royal Children's Hospital
Severely unsettled babies with sleeping, crying and feeding problems at the age of one are ten times more likely to have mental health problems during childhood, a new Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) study has found. Presenting her work at the Sleep DownUnder Conference in Brisbane
Melbourne researchers have released a report on World Mental Health Day (October 10), explaining that while self-harm predominately occurs during adolescence, it should never be considered 'just a passing phase' because it is associated with an increased risk of mental health problems and suicide
Dr Daniel Pellicci, who will next month take up a group leader position with MCRI, has been awarded a $1.25 million, five-year, CSL Centenary Fellowship to research how to develop better vaccines against tuberculosis.Dr Pellicci was presented with a CSL Centenary Fellows certificate at an awards
People living with cerebral palsy (CP), carers and researchers have joined forces to create an Australian-first kit helping general practitioners better understand and support patients living with the developmental disability. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute's Neurodisability and
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