A severe neurodevelopmental disorder mostly affecting girls. ...

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The science that interprets the way nutrients and other substances in food affect maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease. ...

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Did you know? T1D is a chronic autoimmune disease that results from the immune system attacking the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. ...

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• 2022
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Next steps Did you know? Dr Pam Laird with young patient Charmaine Kelly A study evaluating a culturally secure intervention to facilitate medical ...

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Aboriginal Research Project Officer, Danielle Hedland, assisting Schools Coordinator, Sistha Halim, lead a class in their experiment. What do ...

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Pneumococcal – a bacterial infection that can cause pneumonia and meningitis – is responsible for thousands of hospital admissions in Australia each ...

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It was the right story at the right time: six months into COVID-19, as the world was reeling from the relentless blows of a ballooning pandemic, ...

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Immunotherapy is the new holy grail of cancer treatment – using the patient’s own immune system to fight the disease. But this revolutionary therapy ...

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Leukaemia, also spelled leukemia, is a cancer that develops in the bone marrow and results in abnormal white blood cells. It is the most common cancer in children, accounting for almost a third of all childhood & teen cancers. ...

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Asperger's, also known as Asperger syndrome (AS), is a type of autism spectrum disorder that affects social skills, social interaction and nonverbal communication. ...

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