Mothers eating a diet rich in peanuts while breastfeeding might be helping to reduce their baby’s risk of developing a peanut allergy – that’s the hypothesis of a new clinical trial that has been granted $2.29 million in funding by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). ...

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• 2024
• May

It was during a time of grief that John Mearns was inspired to make a difference. ...

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• 2024

A new combination of drugs could help to increase survival rates with fewer side effects for some children with one of the most aggressive forms of childhood brain cancer. ...

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• 2021
• January

Families throughout the country will trial a new text message vaccination reminder program designed to safeguard kids against infectious diseases thanks to a generous funding boost from the Ramaciotti Foundation. ...

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• 2019
• October

Researchers around the world, including at Telethon Kids Institute, are playing catch up as they try to understand what is causing the big increase in allergies ...

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• 2014
• November