Children's Medical 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. As of 2019, current research is focused on cancer, birth defects, neurological conditions such as epilepsy, and gene therapy.[1]

Children's Medical Research Institute
Established1958
Research typeMedical research
Field of research
Genetic research;
Cancer;
Epilepsy;
Birth defects
DirectorProfessor Roger Reddel AO FAA
Address214 Hawkesbury Road, Westmead NSW 2145
LocationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
33°48′05″S 150°59′32″E
CampusWestmead
Affiliations
  • University of Sydney
  • Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children
Websitecmri.org.au

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]

See also

References
  1. "About Us". Children's Medical Research Institute.
  2. 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.
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