RRI /robinson-research-institute/ en New treatment for boosting immune tolerance offers hope for early pregnancy loss /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/10/31/new-treatment-for-boosting-immune-tolerance-offers-hope-for-early-pregnancy A new study from the Robinson Research Institute, ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide, is offering new hope for people who have experienced early pregnancy loss. October 30 2024 Simone Dautel /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/10/31/new-treatment-for-boosting-immune-tolerance-offers-hope-for-early-pregnancy Event summary: 2024 Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/10/24/event-summary-2024-lloyd-cox-memorial-lecture Professor Helena Teede AM, a globally renowned clinician-academic in women’s health and expert in health translation, delivered the annual Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture, focusing on the theme ‘Research with Impact: Translating Women's Health Research into Practice and Policy’. October 24 2024 Simone Dautel /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/10/24/event-summary-2024-lloyd-cox-memorial-lecture Lighting the way with accurate and safe 3D embryo imaging /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/10/10/lighting-the-way-with-accurate-and-safe-3d-embryo-imaging The inability to accurately predict embryo viability prior to implantation is a key contributor in the low success rate of clinical in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), but a team of experts is highlighting a safe way to study embryos using 3D optical imaging. October 10 2024 Simone Dautel /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/10/10/lighting-the-way-with-accurate-and-safe-3d-embryo-imaging Skin may hold key to neurodevelopmental disorder diagnosis /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/08/01/skin-may-hold-key-to-neurodevelopmental-disorder-diagnosis A genetic diagnostic method using a small sample of skin from the upper arm could identify rare neurodevelopmental disorders in a non-invasive way, according to researchers at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide. August 01 2024 Simone Dautel /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/08/01/skin-may-hold-key-to-neurodevelopmental-disorder-diagnosis Confirmed link between maternal asthma and child allergies /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/07/29/confirmed-link-between-maternal-asthma-and-child-allergies For the first time, researchers from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Robinson Research Institute, ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog and ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Queensland have confirmed maternal asthma increases risks of child allergies. July 29 2024 Simone Dautel /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/07/29/confirmed-link-between-maternal-asthma-and-child-allergies New guidance set to change the way we diagnose type 1 diabetes /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/06/24/new-guidance-set-to-change-the-way-we-diagnose-type-1-diabetes Type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis could soon be transformed with newly released guidance developed with the input of an expert from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Robinson Research Institute, outlining how to detect and monitor early-stage T1D, before the point of symptom onset. June 25 2024 Simone Dautel /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/06/24/new-guidance-set-to-change-the-way-we-diagnose-type-1-diabetes Specialist scanning needed to help endo patients /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/06/04/specialist-scanning-needed-to-help-endo-patients A review of existing research shows there is a growing benefit to using specialist scanning to diagnose endometriosis. June 04 2024 Simone Dautel /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/06/04/specialist-scanning-needed-to-help-endo-patients Case study: Shining light on embryo health /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/07/15/case-study-shining-light-on-embryo-health Pregnancies assisted by in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) have doubled between 2002-2017, however, the IVF success rate has remained stagnant – something Associate Professor Kylie Dunning, leader of Robinson Research Institute’s Reproductive Success group, would like to change. May 15 2024 Simone Dautel /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/07/15/case-study-shining-light-on-embryo-health Genetics, not lack of oxygen, causes cerebral palsy in quarter of cases /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/06/04/genetics-not-lack-of-oxygen-causes-cerebral-palsy-in-quarter-of-cases The world’s largest study of cerebral palsy (CP) genetics has discovered genetic defects are most likely responsible for more than a quarter of cases in Chinese children, rather than a lack of oxygen at birth as previously thought. May 03 2024 Simone Dautel /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/06/04/genetics-not-lack-of-oxygen-causes-cerebral-palsy-in-quarter-of-cases Case study: A better life with cystic fibrosis, one breath at a time /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/07/15/case-study-a-better-life-with-cystic-fibrosis-one-breath-at-a-time Have you ever held your breath for longer than what feels comfortable? Could you feel the overwhelming urge to breathe? This is what people living with cystic fibrosis can feel. As the disease progresses, the feeling gets worse, breath by breath. April 03 2024 Simone Dautel /robinson-research-institute/news/list/2024/07/15/case-study-a-better-life-with-cystic-fibrosis-one-breath-at-a-time