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A gene therapy project to save infants’ lives has been named the top-ranked National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant for 2020.

A new international treatment guideline for the most common single form of encephalitis in children is set to change clinical practice and impact children worldwide. Kids Neuroscience Centre Clinical Director, Professor Russell Dale led the study, bringing together 25 experts from around the world to standardise treatment.

A major milestone in the treatment of kidney disease is detailed in a recently published study, pulled together by first year medical student, Hope Tanudisastro and led by the team at Centre for Kidney Research at Kids Research.

In a new clinical trial being led by The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, doctors are testing whether drug used to help adult Alzheimer’s patients can help improve some of the devastating features of Rett syndrome.

Deep Brain Stimulation is a cutting-edge neurosurgical treatment that may help improve disability and quality of life in selected children with cerebral palsy due to genetic conditions or birth injury. The Kids Neuroscience Centre research team examined the suitability for DBS to eligible children.