After a lifetime in the shadows, Dan can finally see the light
29 May 2024
Dan suffers from a rare disease called erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), which makes even a glimpse of sunlight through a window a painful experience. But a trial led by the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) is helping him step into the light and live free of fear.
The RMH researchers receive more than $9 million in funding
07 May 2024
Researchers from the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) alongside our partner institutes have been awarded $9.3 million in funding from the latest National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grants and Ideas Grants funding rounds, announced this week.
Trial helping provide better care for diabetes patients in hospital
01 May 2024
A team at the Royal Melbourne Hospital led a trial to reduce the risk of diabetes patients contracting infections.
Global study could change how children with multiple sclerosis are treated
26 March 2024
Dr Sifat Sharmin hopes her research will influence how children with MS are treated.
Vertigo drug trial helping patients with ‘childhood Alzheimer’s’
12 March 2024
Autumn Hodgson lives with NP-C, a rare degenerative disease.
Smartphone app to help crack thunderstorm asthma code
11 March 2024
A new thunderstorm asthma trial will begin at the RMH this year.
World first at-home test for diabetes proven to work
23 December 2023
A new study at the RMH has confirmed that an at-home blood test for diagnosing type 1 diabetes is accurate and preferred by consumers.
The RMH clinicians receive NHMRC funding
15 December 2023
Congratulations to several RMH clinicians who have been awarded NHMRC Investigator Grants, announced on Friday.
New test could make recovery better for transplant patients
14 December 2023
A new test is being developed to better monitor a drug used post-kidney transplant.
The RMH implants world-first prostate cancer device with hopes of preserving sexual function
11 December 2023
Urological surgeon Mr Phil Dundee is part of a world-first trial for prostate cancer patients.