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A new frontier into advancing treatments for children and adults with bone marrow failure, leukaemia and other blood disorders will be achieved under a new partnership between Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and US biotechnology company Retro Biosciences.
We have established and operate the first biobank in Australia aimed at improving research and treatments for rare genetic diseases caused by changes to genes on chromosome 15, including Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and Angelman syndrome (AS).
The Test for the Evaluation of Emotions and Socialisation (TEEMS) is a new psychological assessment tool that evaluates social cognitive skills in children and young people. The TEEMS tool addresses a substantial unmet need, leading the field internationally as the first comprehensive social
So what is the role of the appendix, and in what circumstances can it rupture? Here’s what you need to know about appendicitis.Bindi Irwin has reportedly been rushed to hospital in the United States to undergo emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix. This article originally appeared on The
Improving treatments for heart failure, bone marrow failure disorders, blood cancers and kidney disease are the latest Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI)-led projects to receive Federal Government grants. Professor Enzo Porrello, Professor Andrew Elefanty and Dr Jessica Vanslambrouck
Professor Constanze Bonifer has received the Donald Metcalf Award by the International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH) for her pioneering research in cancer epigenetics, a field that examines how lifestyle and environmental factors cause genetic alterations that lead to chronic illnesses
Associate Professor Amanda Gwee has been awarded a $3 million Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The study will investigate how aminoglycoside-based (AG) antibiotics impacts the hearing of children and examine which strategies
Babies who receive a RV3-BB rotavirus vaccine at birth showed higher levels of good bacteria in their gut, better protecting them against infection during the first weeks of life, according to a new study. And the discovery will help to pave the way for researchers to improve the health outcomes of
The Japan Scholar Program is a collaboration between the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education. The program aims to enhance the research profile and global visibility of promising ethics graduate students and early-career researchers in
This study aims to discover if what a mother eats while breastfeeding can impact her baby's allergy development.
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