Fertility Week (12 to 18 October) focuses on the impact that age has on fertility in Australia and around the world. In the face of drastically falling fertility rates the world is facing the prospect of declining populations. In 2017 Australia’s fertility rate – the average number of children a woman gives birth to – […]
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Posted on October 14, 2020 by Robinson Research Institute
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Posted on October 7, 2020 by Robinson Research Institute
An international research team including the University of Adelaide has found further evidence that rare gene mutations can cause cerebral palsy, findings which could lead to earlier diagnosis and new treatments for this devastating movement disorder. In the study published in the journal Nature Genetics researchers employed gene sequencing to examine the DNA of 250 cerebral palsy families, […]
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Posted on September 24, 2020 by Robinson Research Institute
University of Adelaide researchers are playing a leading role in the human trials of Australia’s first needle-free, gene-based COVID-19 vaccine. The extended phase 1 human trial will evaluate a COVID-19 gene-based vaccine called COVIGEN, developed by BioNet and Technovalia. The study is led by Professor Nicholas Wood from the University of Sydney and the Vax4COVID Alliance, which […]
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Posted on September 22, 2020 by Robinson Research Institute
Professor Jonathan Carapetis AM from Telethon Kids Institute presented the 2020 Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture on the topic: The New Closing the Gap Agreement – Implications for research You can now view the recording of his lecture – synopsis below. The ink is now dry on the new National Agreement on Closing the Gap. This […]
Posted on July 5, 2020 by Robinson Research Institute
The use of cannabis during pregnancy leads to poorer health outcomes for babies, according to research from The University of Adelaide’s Robinson Research Institute. Published in the Medical Journal of Australia , the study found that continued use of cannabis at 15 weeks of pregnancy was associated with significantly lower birthweight, head circumference, birth length, and gestational […]
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Posted on June 11, 2020 by Robinson Research Institute
More than $3 million has been awarded to the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Research Institute to identify the predisposing conditions and potentially modifiable factors that can substantially reduce the risk of congenital heart defects. The funding is from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) Cardiovascular Health Mission to boost research into heart disease and stroke. […]
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Posted on May 28, 2020 by Robinson Research Institute
Before the world had heard of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was another pandemic spreading globally with insidious stealth, at an ever-increasing rate – diabetes. Globally, there are 415 million people living with diabetes and this disease is the fastest growing chronic health condition in the world today. Without significant change, by 2040 it is estimated […]
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Posted on April 22, 2020 by Robinson Research Institute
There are fears parents will skip vital vaccinations for their children and that there may be disease outbreaks,because parents are concerned about taking their children to their GP during the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows new findings from the University of Adelaide that only one third of parents are aware of the recommendation that children should be […]
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Posted on January 9, 2020 by Robinson Research Institute
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Posted on January 8, 2020 by Robinson Research Institute
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