Name: CMRI
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CMRI is an independent organisation with over 170 scientists committed to finding treatments and cures for serious conditions affecting kids. We aim to make the incurable curable.

Who We Are

Research

World-leading research in areas such as cancer, neurobiology, embryology, genomics and gene therapy.

Meet our research teams

Science Explained

We undertake basic science and medical research with translation as our goal - What does that mean?

Learn how research works

Our impact

Thanks to your support, we can make a difference in the lives of those affected by genetic diseases.

Here's some of our successes

With your help, we can make a difference in the fight against childhood diseases.

The 1 in 20 kids facing a birth defect or genetic disease are used to hearing words like “incurable” or “lifelong effects”. It doesn’t have to be this way. Right now, we’re working on cures for previously incurable genetic diseases. With your support, we can give these children a healthier future.

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Support us by making a one-off donation

Help our scientists understand and find treatments for rare diseases.

Fund next generation DNA sequencing to help us find the cause of a genetic disease.

Support Gene Therapy the 'Medicine of the Future' and cure previously incurable conditions with a single injection.

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If you'd like to make a regular monthly donation, please phone us on 1800 436 437

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Fundraise

There are many ways to raise money and boost our research efforts, whether you want to go it alone or do something with your school or workplace for Jeans for Genes or any time of year, you’ll find lots of fundraising inspiration.

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Partner with us

By working with us, you are helping our world-leading researchers accelerate the search for cures, so that every child can have a healthier future.

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1 in 20 kids need your help

Two-year-old Ryan may have an extremely serious genetic disease, but his parents will never let him feel like a victim.

Who We Are

See my Story
Finding cures for children's genetic diseases

Dr Leszek Lisowski's cutting edge research aims to help kids with the rarest conditions.

Translational Vectorology
Hope for Charlize

Beautiful Charlize was diagnosed with Propionic Acidemia and has already undergone two liver transplants.

Hope for Charlize
"It felt like my heart had been ripped out."

When little Ethan was born, his family had no idea what challenges their little boy would face.

Ethan

Nature paper's unexpected discovery about stem cell immortality

A Children's Medical Research Institute scientist has made a discovery that upends 20 years of thinking about how stem cells project their DNA, which has been published in Nature.

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