In 2010, a large outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis occurred in the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory, Australia. ...

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• 2014
• January 2014

Without a booster dose, the effectiveness of 3 doses waned more rapidly from 2 to 4 years of age than previously documented for children >6 years of age who... ...

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• 2014
• February 2014

We aimed to determine Australian paediatricians' beliefs and practices around the influenza vaccination of children. ...

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• 2017
• November 2017

There is significant data to support the hypothesis that early life nutrition in the fetus, infant and young child can have profound effects on long-term health ...

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• 2016
• October 2016

These data suggest that the link between maternal hypertensive diseases of pregnancy and child behavioral development begins in the first year of life. ...

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• 2013
• April 2013

The recent announcement of the negative results of the TIGER- 2 phase 3 study of denufosol tetrasodium ...

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• 2011
• June 2011

Progesterone receptor (PGR) plays diverse roles in reproductive tissues and thus coordinates mammalian fertility. In the ovary, rapid acute induction of PGR is the key determinant of ovulation through transcriptional control of a unique set of genes that culminates in follicle rupture. However, the molecular mechanisms for this specialized PGR function in ovulation is poorly understood. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

Chronic wet cough for longer than 4 weeks is a hallmark of chronic suppurative lung diseases, including protracted bacterial bronchitis, and bronchiectasis in children. Severe lower respiratory infection early in life is a major risk factor of PBB and paediatric bronchiectasis.  ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

Panicum miliaceum L. was domesticated in northern China at least 7000 years ago and was subsequentially adopted in many areas throughout Eurasia. One such locale is Areni-1 an archaeological cave site in Southern Armenia, where vast quantities archaeobotanical material were well preserved via desiccation. ...

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• 2022
• September 2022

Plant DNA preserved in ancient specimens has recently gained importance as a tool in comparative genomics, allowing the investigation of evolutionary processes in plant genomes through time. However, recovering the genomic information contained in such specimens is challenging owing to the presence of secondary substances that limit DNA retrieval. ...

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• 2022
• June 2022

Raelene Endersby R BSc (Hons) PhD Brainchild Fellow; Co-Head, Brain Tumour Research raelene.endersby@telethonkids.org.au Co-Head, Brain Tumour Research Raelene was awarded her PhD in 2003 from the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research (under ...

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Debbie Susan Desiree Rachelle Palmer Prescott Silva Pretorius D SL DS RP BSc BND PhD MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD MSc (Nutrition), RNutr, PhD Head, Early Life & Life-Course Health Program; Team Lead, Nutrition in Early Life Honorary ...

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