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National funding for bright ideas targeting ear infections and dangerous fungiTwo projects led by The Kids Research Institute Australia have been awarded more than $2.5 million to fund innovative ideas focused, respectively, on combating persistent ear infections and investigating how dangerous fungi invade the bodies of immunocompromised people.
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Improved diagnosis, treatment and prevention of recurrent tonsillitisStrep A causes over 775 million infections each year world-wide, including over 615 million cases of tonsil infection (Strep throat).
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Local business to support Aboriginal ear health programEvery year 650,000 Australian children suffer from recurrent or chronic middle ear infections called otitis media (OM).
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$35 million to develop vaccine with potential to save half a million lives per yearA vaccine to prevent rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and other life-threatening conditions caused by the common Strep A bacteria is a step closer thanks to funding announced by Minister for Indigenous Health, Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP, in Perth today.
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The Kids Research Institute Australia leads WA arm of Australia’s first needle-free COVID-19 vaccine studyEnrolments for Australia’s first needle-free, gene-based COVID-19 vaccine study – to be led in WA by The Kids Research Institute Australia – are open.
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Going back to the future with Guthrie-powered epigenome-wide association studiesEpigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) can be used to investigate links between early life environment, epigenetics and disease...
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Does enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders improve quality of life?Quality of life (QOL) is the degree of enjoyment and satisfaction experienced in life, and embraces emotional well-being, physical health, economic and...
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Acute Erythemal Ultraviolet Radiation Causes Systemic Immunosuppression in the AbsenceVitamin D is synthesised by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation of skin and is hypothesized to be a direct mediator.
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Associations between aggressive behaviour scores and cardiovascular risk factors in childhoodThe objective of this study was to examine the influence of aggressive behaviour scores on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors throughout childhood.
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Analysis of glucose responses to automated insulin suspension with sensor-augmented pump therapyThe advent of sensor-augmented pump therapy with a low-glucose suspend (LGS) function.