$5.5 million investment in the health of Australian newborns

The Australian Government is investing $5.5 million into a newborn screening platform that will screen for hundreds of life-threatening genetic illnesses at birth. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

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The University of New South Wales will receive funding under the MRFF’s National Critical Research Infrastructure initiative to:

  • establish a platform that can screen newborns for illnesses such as biotinidase deficiency, haemophilia, cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency
  • undertake a 12-month research trial of the platform in Queensland.

Read the media release for more information.

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