WA researchers will use a $1.97 million Medical Research Future Fund grant to develop a strategy for better follow-up of First Nations children after they’ve been hospitalised for respiratory infections, in a bid to halt the slide into more severe lung disease. ...

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Did you know that regular exercise can literally add years to the lives of children living with Type 1 Diabetes? ...

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The Opportunity The diverse activities of the newly established Telethon Kids Respiratory Research Centre will be coordinated by the Program Manager ...

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Perth researchers have discovered a predatory virus living in the city’s lakes and rivers that can fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs in children. ...

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• 2020
• October

Our researchers have been busy. Here's a look at some of their work to be published recently. ...

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Respiratory samples from cystic fibrosis outpatients were cultured on Sabouraud's dextrose agar (SABD) containing antibiotics, Mycosel, and Scedosporium-sel... ...

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This study evaluated GSK's combined DTPa-IPV vaccine (Infanrix-IPV) given as a fifth consecutive acellular pertussis booster dose in conjunction... ...

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• 2006
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Jonathan Glenn Katharine Carapetis AM Pearson Noonan JR G KN AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BA (Education) PhD Candidate MBBS (Hons) MSc Executive ...

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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality for immunocompromised children, particularly for patients with acute leukaemia and those undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Timely diagnosis, using a combination of computed tomography (CT) imaging and microbiological testing, is key to improve prognosis, yet there are inherent challenges in this process. For CT imaging, changes in children are generally less specific than those reported in adults and recent data are limited. ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

Congratulations to Dr Mary Abraham from the Rio Tinto Children's Diabetes Centre and Perth Children's Hospital, who has been awarded the prestigious Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) Lindsey Baudinet Rising Star Award in T1D Research. ...

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