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New childhood brain tumour drugs to be testedIt is the kids he treats in his role as a paediatric oncologist that motivate Dr Nick Gottardo in his work as a The Kids Research Institute Australia cancer researcher.
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The Folate StoryNeural tube defects are birth defects of the brain or spinal cord. They happen mostly in the first month of pregnancy before many women know they are expecting.
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Lotterywest grant for new Institute computersSupport from Lotterywest will enable The Kids for Child Health Research to significantly upgrade its information technology infrastructure.
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Every Thursday: Discussion & Technical Seminar SeriesImproving health outcomes for pregnant women with allergic asthma and their babies: Thursday 22nd May.
Rett syndrome is a rare but serious neurological disorder that affects about 1 in 9,000 girls. Even more rarely, boys may be affected.
We also wanted to find out whether any particular behaviours were associated with any specific mutation types.
We compared parent/carer-reported physical activities with the number of steps counted by an accelerometer in girls and women with Rett syndrome.
We wanted to find out whether mothers with a child with Rett syndrome who were more physically and mentally healthy had particular characteristics.
This study evaluated sixty-one families' satisfaction following spinal fusion in girls with Rett syndrome.

The Respiratory Physiology Platform at the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre offers access to specialist equipment housed within the outpatient research department at Perth Children’s Hospital, dedicated for research use.