Neonates have heightened susceptibility to infections. The biological mechanisms are incompletely understood but thought to be related to age-specific adaptations in immunity due to resource constraints during immune system development and growth. We present here an extended analysis of our proteomics study of peripheral blood-plasma from a study of healthy full-term newborns delivered vaginally, collected at the day of birth and on day of life (DOL) 1, 3, or 7, to cover the first week of life. The plasma proteome was characterized by LC-MS using our established 96-well plate format plasma proteomics platform. ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

Tobias Jenny Strunk Mountain Other Investigators TS JM MD, PhD, FRACP MBA MClinEpi Head, Neonatal Health Program Manager, Neonatal Health / Protect ...

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Some studies suggest an association between early exposure to anesthesia, surgery and long term developmental deficit, clinical phenotype of children is unknown ...

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• 2017
• July 2017

The completeness of the coverage of a genome assembly is a critical starting point for all genomic projects so considerable attention is given to the sequencing metrics, which showed high indicators of success. ...

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• 2018
• January 2018

This study evaluated for a multifactor structure in the DASS-21 teenagers and the specifics of the 3 subscales for teenagers in general at different stages. ...

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• 2017
• July 2017

The aim of the current study was to determine how carer needs changed longitudinally and understand associations between unmet needs and distress. ...

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• 2018
• January 2018

The recent announcement of the negative results of the TIGER- 2 phase 3 study of denufosol tetrasodium ...

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• 2011
• June 2011

Does eating cashew nut spreads in the first year of life reduce the chances a baby will develop a cashew nut food allergy? ...

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The aim of this study was to describe the demographic and neurocognitive profile of the first 199 individuals diagnosed with FASD in PATCHES Paediatrics clinics ...

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• 2020
• June 2020

Influenza A virus is the only influenza virus causing flu pandemics. Influenza is a highly contagious disease that can be deadly, especially in high-risk groups. Worldwide, these annual epidemics are estimated to result in about 3 to 5 million cases of severe illness and in about 290,000 to 650,000 respiratory deaths.  ...

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• 2023
• November 2023