Antimicrobial resistance is a current global health crisis, and the increasing emergence of multidrug resistant infections has led to the resurgent interest in bacteriophages as an alternative treatment. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• November 2021

Severity and disease progression in people with Cystic Fibrosis is typically dependent on their genotype. One potential therapeutic strategy for people with specific mutations is exon skipping with antisense oligonucleotides. CFTR exon 9 is an in-frame exon and hence the exclusion of this exon would excise only 31 amino acids but not alter the reading frame of the remaining mRNA. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

This study demonstrates novel intrinsic differences in tight junctions gene and protein expression between airway epithelial cells of children with and without asthma ...

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• 2018
• May 2018

Apically located tight junctions in airway epithelium perform a fundamental role in controlling macromolecule migration through paracellular spaces. ...

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• 2018
• February 2018

This study assessed an alternative approach, using a small scale halide assay that can be adapted for a personalized high throughput setting to analyze CFTR function of pAEC. ...

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• 2018
• January 2018

In this review, we explore current knowledge and provide guidance as to when and how the inhaled route may be of value when treating patients whose tracheas are intubated ...

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• 2017
• November 2017

Biodiesel, a renewable diesel fuel that can be created from almost any natural fat or oil, is promoted as a greener and healthier alternative to commercial mineral diesel without the supporting experimental data to back these claims. The aim of this research was to assess the health effects of acute exposure to two types of biodiesel exhaust, or mineral diesel exhaust or air as a control in mice. ...

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• 2024
• June 2024

Repeated video instruction over time improves inhaler technique in young children ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

The airway epithelium of both children and adults with asthma is relatively undifferentiated characterized by a significantly increased proportion of... ...

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• 2015
• August 2015

In this study, we compared the physiological consequences of short-term exposure to diesel exhaust via inhalation to those due to exposure to the same diesel... ...

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• 2014
• May 2014

André Anthony Stephen Schultz Kicic Stick AS A SM MBChB, PhD, FRACP BSc (Hons) PhD MB BChir PhD MRCP FRACP Program Head, Respiratory Health RFA Rothwell Family Fellow; Head, Airway Epithelial Research Head, P4 Respiratory Health for Kids ...

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Asha Desiree Stephen Susan Bowen Silva Stick Prescott AC DS SM SL BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD MB BChir PhD MRCP FRACP MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Head, P4 ...

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