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Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease that results from the immune system attacking the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. Unlike type 2 diabetes which is potentially preventable, type 1 is a non-preventable disease - currently, its exact cause is not known and there is no cure.
Read about the Research Focus Area Leads at the Children's Diabetes Centre.
Many of the Centre's researchers have been responsible for discovering and contributing to real game-changers, making a difference to children with diabetes.
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Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization of the nasopharynx is associated with increased severity during respiratory syncytial virus infection in young childrenThe present study aimed to clarify the effect of viral and bacterial co-detections on disease severity during paediatric acute respiratory infection (ARI).
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The effects of electronic cigarette aerosol exposure on inflammation and lung function in miceThis study shows, for the first time, that exposure to e-cigarette aerosol during adolescence and early adulthood is not harmless to the lungs and can result in significant impairments in lung function.
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Linking FANTOM5 CAGE peaks to annotations with CAGEscanHere, we present the production and quality control of CAGEscan libraries from 56 FANTOM5 RNA sources
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Broad perspectives of allergen specific immunotherapyAllergen specific immunotherapy aims to subvert or divert immune responses to allergens to ones that do not cause immunological hypersensitivities.
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Epigenome-wide analysis links SMAD3 methylation at birth to asthma in children of asthmatic mothersWe sought to assess whether the trajectory to asthma begins already at birth and whether epigenetic mechanisms, contribute to asthma inception.
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Alcohol consumption in a general antenatal population and child neurodevelopment at 2 yearsThis study examines the association between PAE in the general antenatal population and child neurodevelopment at 2 years, accounting for relevant factors.
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Adversity and resilience amongst resettling Western Australian paediatric refugeesRefugee children have complex backgrounds with exposure to multiple traumatic events.