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CMT Guidelines
The first ever clinical practice guidelines for children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) have been published after a decade of work by an international team. CMT is a group of degenerative genetic disorders affecting the peripheral nervous system, the nerves stretching from the spinal cord to the muscles. It’s a lifelong condition which usually starts in childhood and progresses into ad...
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genome sequencing grants
Five research teams at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network have received a significant funding boost to their projects as part of the NSW Government’s 2015/16 Genomics Collaborative Grants Program. SCHN researchers received five of six project grants in the funding announcement delivered by Minister for Medical Research Pru Goward and NSW Premier Mike Baird at the Garvan’s Kinghorn Centre...
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