Английская Википедия:Children's Medical Research Institute
Шаблон:Use Australian EnglishШаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox research institute Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) is an Australian medical research institute located in Westmead that conducts research into children's genetic diseases. Шаблон:As of, 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
References
External links
- CMRI's official website
- Jeans for Genes Australia website
- Australian Cancer Research Foundation website
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