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Breathing life into newborns
A world-first Hudson Institute and Monash University study has analysed how healthy newborns transition to breathing straight after birth. This new data will provide a baseline that can be used…… Read more
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Baby’s first breaths of life captured for the first time
For the first time, doctors and researchers have captured moving ultrasound images of the lungs of newborn babies as they take their first breaths. Dr Douglas Blank The world-first research,…… Read more
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NHMRC Fellowship success
Hudson Institute has had outstanding success in the recent National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Fellowship and Development Grant announcements. Our researchers have been awarded a total of $5,337,790…… Read more
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Simple ‘sleep hormone’ skin patch could protect at-risk newborns
A simple, cheap treatment of a skin patch containing a naturally occurring ‘sleep hormone’ could soon help to protect newborn babies from brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation at birth….… Read more
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Hudson Institute, SCS PhD students excel in Faculty 3MT Final
Hudson Institute and School of Clinical Sciences PhD student, Aidan Kashyap has taken out second prize in Monash University’s Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Three Minute Thesis (3MT)…… Read more
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Hudson Institute student a FameLab semi-finalist
PhD student, Aidan Kashyap has been selected as a FameLab semi-finalist for his research that is offering hope for babies who struggle to breathe at birth due to underdeveloped lungs….… Read more
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Newborn delayed cord clamping recommendations
Premature and full-term babies who do not require respiratory support may benefit from delayed umbilical cord unclamping for at least 60 seconds after birth, according to the authors of a…… Read more
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Clamping the umbilical cord later saves preterm babies’ lives
Thousands of preterm babies could be saved by waiting 60 seconds before clamping the umbilical cord after birth instead of clamping it immediately – according to two international studies, including…… Read more
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$10 million in NHMRC funding for research including breast cancer, asthma and fetal hypoxia
Hudson Institute researchers have been awarded more than $10 million in funding by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Protecting the brain against oxygen deprivation in the womb,…… Read more
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PhD student Dr Douglas Blank wins Faculty 3MT Competition
Dr Douglas Blank PhD candidate, Dr Douglas Blank, from the Ritchie Centre (Hudson Institute and Monash University), has won the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Three Minute Thesis Competition…… Read more
