The aim of our investigation was to assess the chemical composition of a range of e-liquids available in Australia, focusing on nicotine and other potentially harmful compounds ...

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• 2019
• February 2019

Our data demonstrate changes in airway responsiveness as a result of intrauterine growth restriction that could influence susceptibility to asthma development ...

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• 2018
• January 2018

The airway epithelium of children with wheeze is characterized by defective repair that contributes to disease pathobiology. Dysregulation of developmental processes controlled by Notch has been identified in chronic asthma. However, its role in airway epithelial cells of young children with wheeze, particularly during repair, is yet to be determined. ...

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• 2021
• December 2021

Respiratory viruses significantly impact global morbidity and mortality, causing more disease in humans than any other infectious agent. Beyond pathogens, various viruses and bacteria colonize the respiratory tract without causing disease, potentially influencing respiratory diseases’ pathogenesis. ...

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• 2024
• June 2024

The need to understand responses to extreme environments has prompted this edition of Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research ...

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• 2020
• April 2020

Epidemiological studies indicate that exposure to diesel exhaust (DE) is associated with vascular-based disorders. ...

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• 2014
• January 2014

One in eight children have asthma, a chronic disease of the airways in the lungs. It results in shortness of breath, chest tightness, wheezing and coughing. ...

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Rachel Graham Foong Hall RF GL BSc (hons), PhD, MBiostat BAppSci PhD CRFS FANZSRS FThorSoc FERS Senior Research Fellow Honorary Research Associate 08 6319 1626 Rachel.Foong@telethonkids.org.au Senior Research Fellow Honorary Research Associate Dr ...

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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. ...

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• 2021
• November 2021

Group Chairs and early career members highlight some of the most interesting findings in the field of paediatrics presented at the 2018 international ERS Congress ...

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• 2019
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Alexander Anthony Larcombe Kicic A A BScEnv (Hons) PhD BSc (Hons) PhD Team Leader, Respiratory Environmental Health Rothwell Family Fellow; Head, Airway Epithelial Research Anthony.Kicic@telethonkids.org.au Team Leader, Respiratory Environmental ...

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The authors assessed the impact of including preschool‐aged children with a history of preterm birth, early life wheeze, asthma diagnoses and/or recent respiratory symptoms in healthy reference ranges for respiratory impedance using the forced oscillation technique (FOT). ...

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• 2018
• April 2018