Like all of us, Dr Shelley Gorman grew up with the 'slip, slop, slap' message. And for good reason, Australia is one of the sunniest countries in the world. ...

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A new Telethon Institute study has revealed a potential link between pesticide treatments in the home and a higher risk of children developing brain tumours. ...

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• 2013
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We are living in a time of unprecedented risk for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer... ...

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• 2015
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Children’s Diabetes Centre researchers at the Telethon Kids Institute are among the big winners of prestigious Raine Medical Research Foundation Awards. ...

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• 2019
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The research of the Translational Genetics team is focussed on providing molecular analysis of genetic variants (gene mutations), to better inform the early and accurate diagnosis of children living with genetic and rare diseases. ...

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Modern precision sequencing techniques have established humans as a holobiont that live in symbiosis with the microbiome. Microbes play an active role throughout the life of a human ranging from metabolism and immunity to disease tolerance. Hence, it is of utmost significance to study the eukaryotic host in conjunction with the microbial antigens to obtain a complete picture of the host-microbiome crosstalk.  ...

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The discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 and its widespread use has revolutionised and propelled research in biological sciences. ...

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• 2022
• October 2022

The transcriptome represents the entire set of RNA transcripts expressed in a cell, reflecting both the underlying genetic and epigenetic landscape and environmental influences, providing a comprehensive view of functional cellular states at any given time. Recent technological advances now enable the study of the transcriptome at the resolution of individual cells, providing exciting opportunities to characterise cellular and molecular events that underpin immune-medicated diseases. ...

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• 2021
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Food reactions in food protein–induced enterocolitis syndrome are predominantly underpinned by activation of the innate immune system ...

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• 2019
• August 2019

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