Discover. Prevent. Cure. The Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre conducts research into a wide range of childhood respiratory disease areas, with a ...

• Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre

West Australian families are being asked to play a vital role in a major new national study to unravel the causes of childhood leukaemia. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2003
• July

Surgical resection of cancer remains the frontline therapy for millions of patients annually, but post-operative recurrence is common, with a relapse rate of around 45% for non-small cell lung cancer. The tumour draining lymph nodes (dLN) are resected at the time of surgery for staging purposes, and this cannot be a null event for patient survival and future response to immune checkpoint blockade treatment. This project investigates cancer surgery, lymphadenectomy, onset of metastatic disease, and response to immunotherapy in a novel model that closely reflects the clinical setting. In a murine metastatic lung cancer model, primary subcutaneous tumours were resected with associated dLNs remaining intact, completely resected or partially resected. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• April 2021

A Telethon Institute study examining drug resistance in leukaemia patients has shed new light on why some treatments may be more effective than others. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2013
• June

The promoter landscape of several non-human model organisms is far from complete ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• November 2017

This review examines the role of T cells in lung cancer, discussing the direction and clinical significance of current and future immunotherapeutic strategies ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• August 2019

Although genetic factors are known to play a causal role in specific language impairment (SLI), environmental factors may also be important. This study... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• August 2014

The ORIGINS Biobank is collecting biological samples from participant families at 10 timepoints between the time of pregnancy and the child turning five years of age. ...

• The ORIGINS Project
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Article title Young D, Nagarajan L, de Klerk N, Jacoby P, Ellaway C, Leonard H. Sleep problems in Rett syndrome. Brain and Development. 2007; 29(10): ...

• Rett syndrome and Related Disorders
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The relationship between early life episodes of otitis media and later behavioural development with adjustment for confounders. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• July 2018