Children's Medical Research Institute
- University of Sydney
- The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) is an Australian medical research institute located in Westmead that conducts research into children's genetic diseases. As of 2019[update], current research is focused on cancer, birth defects, neurological conditions such as epilepsy, and gene therapy.[1]
Much of CMRI's cancer research focuses on telomeres (including telomerase) and the Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT) mechanism, which was discovered at CMRI in 1997.[2]
History
The foundation was founded by Professor Lorimer Dods, who was Australia's first professor of children's health, and Sir John Fulton. The foundation raised a lot of money from early telethons in Australia.[3] Dods eventually gave up his teaching role at the University of Sydney to work with the foundation.[4] In 1968 one of the foundations supporters, Glynde Nesta Griffiths who was a writer, died and she left her estate of £300,000 to the foundation.[5]
The director of the foundation is "the Lorimer Dods Professor".[4]
See also
- Health in Australia
References
- ^ "About Us". Children's Medical Research Institute.
- ^ Bryan, Tracy M.; Englezou, Anna; Dalla-Pozza, Luciano; Dunham, Melissa A.; Reddel, Roger R. (1997). "Evidence for an alternative mechanism for maintaining telomere length in human tumors and tumor-derived cell lines". Nature Medicine. 3 (11): 1271–1274. doi:10.1038/nm1197-1271. ISSN 1078-8956. PMID 9359704.
- ^ "Our Story". CMRI. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ a b Yu, John, "Sir Lorimer Fenton Dods (1900–1981)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 17 October 2023
- ^ Rutledge, Martha, "Gwendolin Winifred Griffiths (1886–1968)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 17 October 2023
External links
- CMRI's official website
- Jeans for Genes Australia website
- Australian Cancer Research Foundation website
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Peer-review agencies
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Australian Research Council
- Austin
- Mental Health (Melbourne)
- Monash
- Prince Henry's
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