Convenient, readily available and helping create a close and loving bond between baby and mother, breastfeeding is highly regarded for optimising infant health and preventing chronic disease in adulthood. ...

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Human perinatal life is characterized by a period of extraordinary change during which newborns encounter abundant environmental stimuli and exposure to potential pathogens. To meet such challenges, the neonatal immune system is equipped with unique functional characteristics that adapt to changing conditions as development progresses across the early years of life, but the molecular characteristics of such adaptations remain poorly understood. ...

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• 2023
• October 2023

Allergic inflammation is commonly observed in a number of conditions that are associated with atopy including asthma, eczema and rhinitis. ...

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• 2012
• September 2012

The P2X7R is highly expressed on the macrophage cell surface, and activation of infected cells by extracellular ATP has been shown to kill intracellular bacte ...

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• 2010
• June 2010

Physically locating liquor stores near schools can strongly influence the chances of youth accessing and consuming alcohol, and may also increase children's exposure to alcohol advertising. Investigating the association between the presence of a liquor store near a school and the prevalence of outdoor alcohol advertising is crucial from a policy perspective, as it can inform future regulations on the placement of liquor stores and outdoor advertising near educational institutions.  ...

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• 2024
• June 2024

Jonathan Michael Tobias Carapetis AM Serralha Kollmann JR MS TK AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS PhD, M.D., SFUW Executive Director; Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder of REACH Research Assistant Honorary Research Associate 08 6319 1000 08 6319 ...

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Biodiesel is promoted as a sustainable replacement for commercial diesel. Biodiesel fuel and exhaust properties change depending on the base feedstock oil/fat used during creation. The aims of this study were, for the first time, to compare the exhaust exposure health impacts of a wide range of biodiesels made from different feedstocks and relate these effects with the corresponding exhaust characteristics. ...

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• 2021
• July 2021

Upper and lower airways are conserved in their transcriptional composition, and variations associated with disease are present in both nasal and tracheal epithelium ...

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• 2020
• June 2020

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the commonest childhood malignancy in Australian children ...

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• 2011
• May 2011

Congenital Toxoplasma gondii infection can result in intracranial calcification, hydrocephalus and retinochoroiditis. Acquired infection is commonly associated ...

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• 2010
• July 2010

Gail Prue Shelley Alvares Hart Gorman GA PH S PhD BSc (Hons) MSc PhD BSc (Hons) PhD Senior Research Fellow Head, Inflammation Honorary Research Associate 08 6319 1698 gail.alvares@telethonkids.org.au prue.hart@telethonkids.org.au shelley.gorman@ ...

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Type 1 and 3 interferon response capacity appears strongly developmentally constrained at birth ...

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• 2019
• March 2019