Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Archives

World Scabies Program achieves milestone in Solomon Islands and Fiji

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Hippocratic Post

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute’s (MCRI) World Scabies Program has completed the first round of its mass roll-out of an anti-parasitic drug in the Solomon Islands and Fiji, helping to protect millions from the contagious skin condition. The project, one of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award winners, has this year administered scabies treatment, ivermectin, to the population of the two Pacific nations to reduce […]

Pioneering treatment for premature infants with chronic lung disease

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

A new treatment pioneered by Australian researchers would help better treat premature infants with a type of chronic lung disease, according to new research. The OPTIMIST-A clinical trial was co-led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) Honorary Professors including Peter Dargaville, Research Fellow at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research and Staff Specialist at Royal Hobart Hospital; Professor Peter Davis, Consultant Neonatologist at the Royal Women’s Hospital and Dr Omar Kamlin, […]

Major measles outbreaks predicted for 2021

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Hippocratic Post

Major measles outbreaks will likely occur during 2021 as an unexpected consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new academic article. The Lancet article has called for urgent international action to prevent potentially devastating measles epidemics in the coming years. Lead author Professor Kim Mulholland, from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Chair of the World Health Organization’s SAGE […]

Genetic breakthrough for severe neurological conditions

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Hippocratic Post

Researchers have made a genetic breakthrough discovery into the cause of a spectrum of severe neurological conditions. A research study, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and gracing the cover of and published in the October edition of Human Mutation, found two new mutations in the KIF1A gene cause rare nerve disorders. MCRI researcher Dr Simranpreet Kaur said […]