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Karratha family jump at chance to join sleep study

Mackenzie Crane was 10 months old when her parents, Jodie and Scott, were given the life-changing news that their daughter would never walk.

Pioneering research could be key to keeping cancer in check

Cancer research is being reimagined after a collaboration between The Kids Research Institute Australia, the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity.

Graduation goals for community researchers

Five Fitzroy Crossing women have been awarded qualifications after working with The Kids Research Institute Australia’s Alcohol and Pregnancy & FASD Research Team.

Thrown in the deep end, Jessica goes it alone

Jessica’s young life has been touched by domestic violence, sexual assault, addiction and hospital psychiatric admissions.

New drug therapy provides hope for kids with cystic fibrosis

The Kids Research Institute Australia spin-off company, Respirion, received $20 million in funding to develop a promising new therapy.

Banksia Hill Project’s ripple effect

The two-year study, which was the first in Australia to assess and diagnose young people in a youth custodial setting for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Landmark folate research recognised as major public health achievement

The Public Health Association of Australia has rated mandatory folate fortification – which led to a dramatic decline in neural tube defects – as one of the top 10 public health achievements of the past two decades.

Five things that may surprise you about type 1 diabetes

Professor Liz Davis reveals five things you might not know about type 1 diabetes.

Researchers identify immune cell that puts cancer to sleep

A team of Australian scientists including cancer researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia have made a crucial breakthrough in understanding how the immune system puts cancer to sleep.

What are the signs my child is being bullied?

More than half of all children who are bullied do not tell anyone.