Probiotics are beneficial bacteria which help premature babies by improving milk feed tolerance and reducing the risk of a life-threatening gut ...

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Getting a driver's license is an important milestone for a young adult in terms of gaining independence, including young people with diabetes. ...

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• Autumn 2016

Embrace @ Telethon Kids Institute, in partnership with Rio Tinto, is hosting a free public panel discussion on permacrisis and the mental health of young people at Perth State Library on Thursday 9 November, with a keynote address from Professor Helen Milroy AM. ...

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• 2023

Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre researchers will use almost $1.2 million in WA Child Research Fund grants to determine why Indigenous children develop bronchiectasis at such high rates after contracting bronchiolitis, and to test a promising novel treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). ...

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• 2023
• October

The carcinogenic liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini is a major public health problem in the Mekong basin region. The liver flukes can induce cholangiocarcinoma, a bile duct cancer that causes a significant burden of mortality and economic loss. Various public health interventions have been conducted to reduce opisthorchiasis but the prevalence of O. viverrini remains high in endemic regions. ...

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• 2022
• September 2022

Fetal exposure to maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with the development of noncommunicable diseases in the offspring. Maternal smoking may induce such long-term effects through persistent changes in the DNA methylome, which therefore hold the potential to be used as a biomarker of this early life exposure. With declining costs for measuring DNA methylation, we aimed to develop a DNA methylation score that can be used on adolescent DNA methylation data and thereby generate a score for in utero cigarette smoke exposure. ...

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• 2020
• September 2020

This is the first study to examine the associations between a range of blood micronutrient levels and DNA damage in healthy children. ...

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• 2015
• July 2015

Human mobility is a driver for the reemergence or resurgence of malaria and has been identified as a source of cross-border transmission. However, movement patterns are difficult to measure in rural areas where malaria risk is high. In countries with malaria elimination goals, it is essential to determine the role of mobility on malaria transmission to implement appropriate interventions. ...

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• 2022
• December 2022

ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research ...

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We conducted a retrospective review for all cases of S aureus bacteremia and sterile site infections, for children under 15 years, in northern Australia over... ...

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• 2014
• March 2014