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The benefits of a new precision medicine initiative, being piloted at Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (SCHN), are already being seen in children and families with rare genetic diseases.

Two young sisters with a blinding eye condition will now have access to ocular gene therapy after a new pathway to the treatment was discovered.

Earlier this year, several researchers from Kids Research, and our partners at the University of Sydney and UNSW, were awarded National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding for their projects, which are focusing on a range of childhood diseases.

Professor Russell Dale, Clinical Director of Kids Neuroscience Centre, was recently interviewed by Triple J's Hack about why doctors have reported a rise in young women developing unexplainable and debilitating tics during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sam Bryen works within the Genomic Medicine research group at Kids Neuroscience Centre. Sam recently submitted her PhD which was generously supported by the award of the Sue Connor Scholarship from Muscular Dystrophy NSW.