WA Foundation offering support to bereaved parents It was deep in the depths of that pain, while grappling with the unbearable weight of being a mother mourning a child, that Kelly Binnington decided the only way out was through connection.

Sudden infant death is a tragic reality which affects hundreds of Australian families.

The Perkins is hosting a FREE genetic screening Q&A on February 27: bit.ly/4hIKtA0

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Mackenzie’s Mission With special guest: * Jonny Casella … in conversation with Bill Kable Before we hear from Jonny about the ground breaking medical mission inspired by little Mackenzie Casella we need to find out about Jonny and Rachael’s journey.…

Mackenzie’s Mission #MackenziesMission #SMA #SpinalMuscularAtrophy #GeneticResearch #ParentingJourney

Genetic screening for all couples looking to have children - ABC listen Screening can identify couples with an increased chance of having a child with an autosomal recessive or X-linked genetic condition. But at the moment there are barriers to screening – you have to re...

Great interview about #MackenziesMission and importance of #geneticcarrierscreening from ABC Radio National's Dr Norman Swan and Prof Martin Delatycki.

Listen here: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

National study’s findings support genetic carrier screening for all Australian couples wanting children - Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research HomeA ground-breaking study into government-funded genetic carrier screening for Australian couples seeking to have children has published its main findings in the leading international journal, The N...

#MackenziesMission study in NEJM. Groundbreaking study supports a national #geneticcarrierscreening program to end #geneticroulette.

1 in 50 couples at risk of bearing children with severe genetic conditions.

Congrats and thanks to all involved.

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Nationwide, Couple-Based Genetic Carrier Screening | NEJM Genomic sequencing technology allows for identification of reproductive couples with an increased chance, as compared with that in the general population, of having a child with an autosomal recess...

#MackenziesMission paper out now in the New England Journal of Medicine!

Read the abstract here: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Pictured from left to right: Professor Martin Delatycki, Professor Edwin Kirk, Rachael, Joshua, Jonathan and Izaac Casella, and Emeritus Professor Nigel Laing.

📣 A world-leading study into reproductive #geneticcarrierscreening shows 1 in 50 couples has an increased chance of bearing children with 1 or more of 750 severe genetic conditions tested.
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