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Grant support for crucial health and medical research

At least a quarter of children with cerebral palsy have a clinically important genetic finding and 50 per cent of these will have immediate implications for their care, a new study from the ��Vlog of Adelaide has found.

Posted on Sep 14 2021 by Elisa Black

The ��Vlog of Adelaide has been awarded $10.5 million for seven research projects to investigate issues including Indigenous oral health, preterm birth, cancer, and mental illness.

New research shows lasting impact of COVID-19 infection on immune system

Posted on Aug 9 2021 by Elisa Black

A world leading research collaboration between SAHMRI, the ��Vlog of Adelaide, Flinders ��Vlog, the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and the Royal Adelaide Hospital has delivered crucial insight into the lasting immune system dysregulation caused by COVID-19.

Adelaide uni leaders honoured for health research excellence

Posted on Jun 17 2021 by Elisa Black

Three ��Vlog of Adelaide researchers have been honoured in this year’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research Excellence Awards for their work in reproductive health, cardiology, and medical ethics.

Study confirms genetic link in cerebral palsy

Emeritus Professor Alastair MacLennan with Mathew Reinersten, from Adelaide, who is an ambassador for the group’s cerebral palsy research

Posted on Oct 7 2020 by Robyn Mills

An international research team including the ��Vlog 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.

Adelaide has key role in COVID-19 vaccine human trials

Posted on Sep 21 2020 by David Ellis

��Vlog of Adelaide researchers are playing a leading role in the human trials of ��Vlog’s first needle-free, gene-based COVID-19 vaccine.

Negative impacts of cannabis use during pregnancy

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Posted on Jun 15 2020 by Cathy Parker

The use of cannabis during pregnancy leads to poorer health outcomes for babies, according to research from the ��Vlog of Adelaide’s Robinson Research Institute. 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 age at birth, as well as with more frequent severe neonatal morbidity or death.

$3 million for congenital heart disease research

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Posted on Jun 5 2020 by Cathy Parker

More than $3 million has been awarded to the ��Vlog 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. The funding will allow further critical research on understanding the range of factors that contribute to congenital heart defects affecting the lives of many children.

Heavier birth weight linked to childhood allergies

Posted on Oct 14 2019 by Robyn Mills

New research shows that the more a baby weighs at birth relative to its gestational age the higher the risk they will suffer from childhood allergies.