FOX supports child health research through MCRI Giving Tuesday drive
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FOX is partnering with the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) for Giving Tuesday to help transform the future of pediatric healthcare.
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You can scan the QR code displayed to contribute to FOX’s Giving Tuesday and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
MCRI is among the world’s leading child health research institutes, ranking in the top three for both research quality and impact. Its staff includes more than 1,800 researchers studying more than 150 diseases, from asthma to genetic disorders.
“Murdoch Children’s research improves the lives of millions of children every year. With your support, we can accelerate breakthroughs that will give all children the opportunity to live healthy, fulfilling lives.” MCRI wrote on its website.
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The organization’s focus is to improve the lives of children and young people around the world. It aims to improve diagnosis, advance early interventions and pioneer new treatments for patients.
A medical syringe and COVID-19 vaccine vial are shown in front of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) logo. (Pavlo Conchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Founded in 1986 by philanthropist Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and genetics pioneer Professor David Danks, MCRI began as the Murdoch Birth Defects Research Institute and has since become a global leader in child health.
Sarah Murdoch, Executive Chairman and CEO of FOX Corporation Lachlan Murdoch, announced a collaboration between Australian and US researchers in 2024.
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Sarah Murdoch, Co-Chair of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Board of Directors, speaks at the “Genomic Transformation of Medicine” session at SXSW Sydney on 18 October 2024: (Nina Franova/Getty Images for SXSW Sydney)
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The partnership aims to support and foster closer ties between researchers, thus accelerating discoveries. In particular, it connects teams at MCRI in Melbourne with teams at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco.
His initiatives include the Decoding Broken Hearts program to treat the underlying causes of congenital heart disease. Researchers are combining MCRI’s advanced stem cell technologies and Gladstone’s artificial intelligence capabilities to help halt the progression of childhood heart disease.
