Did you know that CMV (Cytomegalovirus) can cause hearing loss and mental disability, when it infects a baby in the womb?
For CMV awareness month, the Congenital CMV Association Australia has partnered up with the Cerebralpalsy Alliance to raise awareness about this virus and its risks in pregnancy.
Check out this video about CMV and 5 tips to follow to minimise your risk of contracting this virus, and so reducing the risk of your developing baby becoming infected:
The CoRD Study Infusion trial has recently made Channel 9 news headlines.
Congratulations to Prof Maria Craig and all the CoRD study team on this ground-breaking research.
Congratulations to Dr Stuart Hamilton who was recently awarded the NHMRC Peter Doherty - Australian Biomedical Fellowship.
This allows Stuart to pursue his passion in determining ways to detect and prevent congenital CMV (cCMV) Disease.
Thee VRL Scientists have made it to the list of 750 Australian Scientists named by members of the public!
This was a challenge put forward by Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel to name five Australian Scientists during National Science Week.
We are honoured to be included in the list!
