Children's Medical Research Institute
| Established | 1958 |
|---|---|
| Research type | Medical research |
Field of research | Genetic research; Cancer; Epilepsy; Birth defects |
| Director | Professor Roger Reddel AO FAA |
| Address | 214 Hawkesbury Road, Westmead NSW 2145 |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 33°48′05″S 150°59′32″E / 33.80139°S 150.99222°E |
| Campus | Westmead |
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| Website | cmri |
Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) is an Australian medical research institute located in Westmead that conducts research into children's genetic diseases. As of 2019, current research is focused on cancer, birth defects, neurological conditions such as epilepsy, and gene therapy.
Much of CMRI's cancer research focuses on telomeres (including telomerase) and the Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT) mechanism, which was discovered at CMRI in 1997.