A pioneering neonatal study has reported its two-year findings, confirming that a novel approach developed in Australia can improve the lung health of extremely premature infants born with breathing difficulties. The multi-centre OPTIMIST-A trial, in which Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) was a key collaborator, enrolled 486 premature babies from 33 neonatal intensive care units […]
Major UK trial greatly improves outcomes for critically ill children on mechanical ventilation: A major UK clinical trial led by Queen’s University Belfast has shown how a new approach to reduce the use of mechanical ventilation can greatly improve outcomes for critically ill infants and children. The study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research […]
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Aluminium is Toxic In 1984, as an undergraduate at the University of Stirling, Scotland and while carrying out my first piece of independent research, I watched for the first time a fish, a salmon parr, die from acute aluminium toxicity. The whole process took less than forty-eight hours. Within six hours, the fish showed signs […]
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