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A test to diagnose cerebral palsy at birth, which could allow infants access to critical early interventions, is one step closer thanks to research from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. The research, recently published in the journal Clinical Epigenetics, has taken the first step to
The study used data from Murdoch Children's Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study (CATS), which has previously found that one in three children aged 8 to 9 years are experiencing bullying at their primary school on a daily or weekly basis. This study is the first of its kind in Australia,
A/Prof Adam Scheinberg is an Honorary Fellow Manager in Developmental Disability and Rehabilitation Research Tell us about your work Our team of researchers from MCRI, Swinburne University, The University of Melbourne, Data61 and The Royal Children's Hospital have been designing and developing a
This research builds on previous findings, which have shown that one in 10 men experience mental health problems during their partner's pregnancy.MCRI researchers used data from a 20-year study that had assessed common mental health problems nine times from ages 14-29 years. The men were then
In January 2018, following a 6 month validation period, VCGS deployed the DRAGEN Bio-IT Platform into their clinically accredited pipeline as part of the Australian Genomic's Acute Care Genomics project. This project aims to analyse genomic data from 250 babies and children with suspected genetic
The article in the latest edition of Nature journal argues that tackling health problems including obesity, mental health, poor nutrition and substance abuse in young people before they become parents is essential for the best possible start to life for their future children. Adolescence and the
Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of child illness and death, and rotavirus is the most common cause of severe diarrhoea. Globally rotavirus causes approximately 215,000 deaths in children under five years. In a world-first clinical trial conducted in Indonesia, the RV3-BB vaccine was
Dr Margie Danchin is a Senior Research Fellow in Vaccine and Immunisation Research Tell us about your work I am a general paediatrician and senior research fellow at Murdoch Children's. I have worked on vaccine research around clinical trials, vaccine safety and vaccine social science for 10
The study, a collaboration between MCRI and Aarhus University of Denmark, found children between the ages of newborn up to 14 years of age, of women prescribed antibiotics closer to birth or prescribed more than one antibiotics course during pregnancy, had an even greater risk of infection. The
The latest research from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), published in the European Journal of Human Genetics, has shown a divide in the amount of genetic information they want to receive from their prenatal test. Current practice does not provide parents with such a choice. At a
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