Monash and Hudson Institute teams’ world-first for newborns
New research led by Dr Tamara Yawno-Fegan offers treatment for seizures in newborns.
Story published in Herald Sun
New research offers treatment for seizures in newborns that helps protect their developing brain from further injury.
Melbourne scientists have discovered a way to treat seizures in newborns that will not only help protect their developing brain from further injury, but may also provide the first new, safe and effective treatment in decades.
World-first research by a team at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research’s Ritchie Centre and Monash University’s Department of Paediatrics and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has just published the results of their groundbreaking study in the Annals of Neurology.
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Monash University is Australia’s largest university with more than 80,000 students. In the 60 years since its foundation, it has developed a reputation for world-leading high-impact research, quality teaching, and inspiring innovation.
With four campuses in Australia and a presence in Malaysia, China, India, Indonesia and Italy, it is one of the most internationalised Australian universities.
As a leading international medical research university with the largest medical faculty in Australia and integration with leading Australian teaching hospitals, we consistently rank in the top 50 universities worldwide for clinical, pre-clinical and health sciences.
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