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There is increasing evidence that the functional state of the immune system at birth is predictive of the kinetics of immune maturation in early infancy. ...

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• 2010
• April 2010

The current study investigated whether being exposed to maladaptive parenting (high hostility and low warmth) and/or marital conflict in infancy is... ...

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• 2014
• June 2014

Study question: Do the epigenome-wide DNA methylation profiles of adolescents born from ART differ from the epigenome of naturally conceived counterparts? Summary answer: No significant differences in the DNA methylation profiles of adolescents born from ART [IVF or ICSI] were observed when compared to their naturally conceived, similar aged counterparts. ...

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• 2021
• June 2021

The aim is to identify novel associations between fT3, fT4, and TSH and differentially methylated positions (DMPs) in the genome in subjects from 2 Australian cohorts. We performed an epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) of thyroid function parameters and DNAm using participants from Brisbane Systems Genetics Study and the Raine Study. ...

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• 2021
• April 2021

At the nexus of human immunology and microbiology, we investigate the impact of early-life microbiome in priming the immune system, especially the immune memory, for long-term health outcomes. ...

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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic and incurable autoimmune disease, diagnosed in early childhood and managed initially in paediatric healthcare services. In many countries, including Australia, national audit data suggest that management and care of T1D, and consequently glycaemic control, are consistently poor. ...

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• 2022
• December 2022

Rare childhood cancers have not benefited to the same extent from the gains that have been made for their frequently occurring counterparts. ...

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• 2015
• February 2015

The hearts of everyone at Telethon Kids go out to the family and friends of Lachlan Hernaman, a long-term participant in lung health research who died suddenly on April 30. ...

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• 2019
• May

Whereas asthma was rare in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the marked increase in its incidence and prevalence since the 1960s points to substantial gene ×... ...

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• 2014
• September 2014