Telethon Kids Institute researchers will seek to better understand the relationship between antibodies and inflammation in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), thanks to a generous grant from MS Research Australia. ...

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The vision of the Nutrition in Early Life team is to work together with the community to produce quality research, for improving our knowledge of how a mother’s diet during pregnancy and breastfeeding can improve both her and her child’s health. ...

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We aimed to elucidate the longitudinal relationship between dietary patterns, adiposity, inflammation and mental health in a population of adolescents. ...

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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the commonest childhood malignancy in Australian children ...

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• 2011
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April Welsh lives life in top gear, literally. Diagnosed with T1D just before her 4th birthday, April became the first female to race in the Formula Vee ...

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Improving maternal gut health in pregnancy and lactation is a potential strategy to improve immune and metabolic health in offspring and curtail the rising rates of inflammatory diseases linked to alterations in gut microbiota. Here, we investigate the effects of a maternal prebiotic supplement (galacto-oligosaccharides and fructo-oligosaccharides), ingested daily from <21 weeks' gestation to six months' post-partum, in a double-blinded, randomised placebo-controlled trial.  ...

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Postvention is a core component of suicide prevention strategies, internationally. However, the types of supports provided to people impacted by suicide vary widely. This study examines the perceived effectiveness of the Primary Care Navigator (PCN) model for people bereaved by suicide. The PCN model was implemented in response to a suicide cluster. ...

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Liz Carol Ursula Milne Bower Kees E C UR MPH PhD MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA PhD Honorary Emeritus Fellow Senior Principal Research Fellow, ...

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Join us! Get involved with Telethon Kids through providing a donation, volunteering your time, participating in important research, or with a professional commitment to the institute. ...

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Larissa Alix Penelope Marion Woolard Strauss LM AW PS BPsych(Hons) BPsych (Hons), PhD BA, MPH, PhD Research Assistant & PhD Student Senior Research ...

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