The human placenta is a rapidly developing transient organ that is key to pregnancy success. Early development of the conceptus occurs in a low oxygen environment before oxygenated maternal blood begins to flow into the placenta at ~10–12 weeks’ gestation. This process is likely to substantially affect overall placental gene expression. Transcript variability underlying gene expression has yet to be profiled. ...

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Streptococcus A is a bacterium often found in the throat and on the skin. ...

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Telethon Kids Institute researchers have been awarded five of eight State Government awards designed to help cover the hidden costs of conducting research. ...

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Group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes pharyngitis (sore throat) and impetigo (skin sores) GAS pharyngitis triggers rheumatic fever (RF) with epidemiological evidence supporting that GAS impetigo may also trigger RF in Australian Aboriginal children. Understanding the concurrent burden of these superficial GAS infections is critical to RF prevention. This pilot study aimed to trial tools for concurrent surveillance of sore throats and skins sore for contemporary studies of RF pathogenesis including development of a sore throat checklist for Aboriginal families and pharynx photography. ...

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Pioneering Aboriginal psychiatrist, mental health champion and Western Australia’s 2021 Australian of the Year Professor Helen Milroy is among 10 ‘everyday Australians’ who will accompany Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Governor General David Hurley to the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II. ...

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Jonathan Asha Dylan Rosemary Janessa Carapetis AM Bowen Barth Wyber Pickering JR AC DB R Dr AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD ...

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Co-Director of The ORIGINS Project, Paediatrician and Researcher, Professor Desiree Silva, was announced as an official nominee for the 2024 Western ...

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Professor Juli Coffin’s most recent research focuses on the healing power of horses – also known as equine-assisted learning. ...

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In the last decade, reduction in adolescent fertility rates in Indonesia has slowed despite national programmes and policies focused on addressing child marriage. Indonesia currently has the highest number of births to adolescent girls aged 15-19 years in Southeast Asia. There is a need to develop a more nuanced understanding of the drivers of adolescent pregnancy in Indonesia to inform programmes and policies tailored to young people's needs and priorities. ...

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RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) efforts in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia have identified numerous prognostically significant genomic alterations which can guide diagnostic risk stratification and treatment choices when detected early. ...

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