Breakthroughs made by the Children's Research Centre

The Children's Research Centre is proud of its innovations in child health and has made a number of significant advances in the prevention, cure and treatment of childhood illnesses.

Some of these discoveries are listed below:

0. Using stem cells from blood in the umbilical cord to reverse diabetes
0. Identifying weight gain as a factor in type 1 diabetes
0. Pin-pointing the genetic origins of immune tolerance
0. Finding ways to assist prematurely-born children overcome cognitive deficits
0. Preventing learning difficulties in children who snore
0. Protecting babies from allergic diseases before they are born
0. Predicting allergic reations to vaccines
0. Preventing painful inflammation caused by cystic fibrosis