The number of words children produce (expressive vocabulary) and understand (receptive vocabulary) changes rapidly during early development, partially due to genetic factors. Here, we performed a meta-genome-wide association study of vocabulary acquisition and investigated polygenic overlap with literacy, cognition, developmental phenotypes, and neurodevelopmental conditions, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.  ...

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This study aimed to acquire nationally representative epidemiological data on GAS in Australia to scope the appropriate age for vaccination with a potential... ...

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Maternal occupational pesticide exposure during pregnancy and/or paternal occupational pesticide exposure around conception have been suggested to increase... ...

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In high-income countries serious bacterial infections such as meningitis are uncommon, but their severity has led to prompt adoption of vaccines for... ...

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Adenotonsillectomy patients represent the biggest challenge in postoperative pain management of the head and neck surgeries evaluated ...

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The aims of this study were to investigate kinin receptor expression on eosinophils of asthmatic and healthy subjects ...

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Dr Anthony Bosco’s laboratory has an opening for a casual postdoctoral position in systems immunology. The position is part of a larger effort to ...

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The Infectious Diseases Implementation Research Team, within the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases are looking at new ways to ...

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Real life research The main goal of the Children’s Lung Health team at Telethon Kids is to help kids breathe better. The team aims to improve the ...

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