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27 April 2019

Your genetic make-up has little impact on your dental health, new study finds

A new study has found genetic makeup does not predispose people to tooth decay, however...

18 April 2019

Breakthrough for children with serious epileptic seizures

Emergency medicine doctors now have a better way to treat severe epileptic seizures in...

16 April 2019

Australians born through assisted reproduction technology are as healthy as other Aussies

Australians born through assisted reproduction are as healthy as people conceived...

06 April 2019

Establishment of the MDA Research Fellowship at MCRI

The Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and the Muscular Dystrophy Association...

05 April 2019

Trial succeeds at drastically reducing two highly infectious skin diseases

Australian, Solomon Islands and British researchers have succeeded in simultaneously...

29 March 2019

Scientists use thousands of miniature hearts to test potential new drugs

Image credit: Associate Professor James Hudson Australian scientists have conducted the...

28 March 2019

Researchers hope a simple nasal spray could cut the number of child tonsillectomies

Each year more than 40,000 people have their tonsils out it is the most common elective...

27 March 2019

$65 million genomics grants round opens

The Murdoch Children's Research Institute has welcomed the opening of the first genomics...

26 March 2019

Melbourne researcher looks at how to support the world’s preschoolers

Mobile crèches in India, nutrition lessons for parents in Colombia, and mental health...

21 March 2019

A generous family visits the CRE Newborn Medicine Team

A very generous family set up a donation page for the Centre of Research Excellence...

14 March 2019

Funding to advance research into stem-cell based therapies

Stem Cells Australia and The University of Melbourne have welcomed $150 million Federal...

13 March 2019

The world’s adolescents - large unmet needs and growing inequalities

The first detailed global study of adolescent health reveals: Growing inequality with a...

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08 March 2019

Intravenous antibiotics treatment for children at home as effective as hospital treatment, study finds

A Melbourne study has found intravenously administering antibiotics to children at home...

08 March 2019

Grant to fund vaccine research to prevent deadly heart disease

The Heart Foundation has given $2.8 million to infectious disease researchers, who are...

28 February 2019

New Australian guidelines released for the rehabilitation of children with stroke

Researchers and health professionals have produced the first rehabilitation guidelines...