The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) consists of EGFR, ErbB2, ErbB3, and ErbB4. These receptors play key roles in cell proliferation, angiogenesis, cell migration, and in some cases, tumor promotion. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

Sophisticated modelling produced is predicting a steady decline in COVID-19 cases in WA throughout August, but hospitalisation rates will remain relatively high. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2022
• August

Laqueisha was just five years old when she was diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease and sent on a 5,000km return trip to Perth for major heart surgery. ...

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• News & Events
• 2018
• December

Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) continues to occur at high rates among Australian Aboriginal people. ...

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• 2013
• December 2013

Every parent knows that physical activity and playtime are important elements of healthy growth and development. They're also a lot of fun. ...

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• 2014
• July

The risk of intellectual disability was increased in children born after assisted reproductive technology in Western Australia from 1994 to 2002 ...

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• 2018
• December 2018

The need for coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination in different age groups and populations is a subject of great uncertainty and an ongoing global debate. Critical knowledge gaps regarding COVID-19 vaccination include the duration of protection offered by different priming and booster vaccination regimens in different populations, including homologous or heterologous schedules. ...

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• 2023
• March 2023

Previous reports suggested that food proteins present in human milk (HM) may trigger symptoms in allergic children during breastfeeding, but existing evidence has never been reviewed systematically. ...

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• 2022
• February 2022

This study was undertaken to provide a comprehensive examination of rheumatic heart disease mortality rates and trends in Indigenous Australians. ...

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• 2015
• July 2015

There is little evidence that previous interventions aiming to reduce the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure or FASD in Indigenous populations have been effective ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• November 2018