2017 Research Grant Archives - Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation

South Australian researchers find boiled peanuts could help reduce children’s peanut allergies.

A new clinical trial, funded by the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation (CRF), has found that boiling peanuts can help up to 80 per cent of allergic children become desensitised to

News August 27, 2020

CRF Grant helps fund revolutionary robot to target zika virus cure

Researchers in the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer’s Cell Screen SA (CeSSA) are using revolutionary medical research equipment to find potential treatments to help protect millions of unborn babies

News March 28, 2018

CRF funds new breath test for Paediatric Coeliac Disease

Almost 1% of Australian children suffer with coeliac disease, with a large number still going undiagnosed. Current methods for the detection of coeliac disease are costly and invasive, leading to

2017 Research Grant February 8, 2017

Psychosocial risks during pregnancy: The impact of screening and early referral on child outcomes

Chief Investigator: Dr Jacqui Beall Funding Amount: $73,375 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: The first 1,000 days of a child’s life, from pregnancy to their 2nd birthday, are crucial for development.

2017 Research Grant, Individual Project Outcome Reports October 1, 2016

Establishment of a new treatment for peanut allergy

Chief Investigator: Dr Billy Tao Funding Amount: $73,155 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Peanut allergy affects 3% of Australian children. It affects family lifestyle, is dangerous for those allergic, and constant

2017 Research Grant, Individual Project Outcome Reports October 1, 2016

Breath Testing for Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in Cystic Fibrosis – Can Volatile Organic Compounds Predict Disease State and Treatment Response

Chief Investigator: Dr Thomas Goddard Funding Amount: $32,000 Recipient: Women’s and Children’s Health Network Overview: CF is the most common fatal genetic condition in our community. Children die from respiratory