Cervical cancer mortality has been reduced in Australia because of effective screening programs, but there are still about 800 new cases... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2008
• February 2008

Effective antitumor CD8 T cell responses may be activated by directly targeting the innate immune system within tumors. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2008
• February 2008

From Marginalised to Empowered: transformative methods for Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Chief Investigators: Professor Fiona Stanley (Telethon Kids Institute) Associate Professor Dawn Bessarab (University of Western Australia) Professor Juli ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Indigenous Health

Out of the discussions with the our partners and in particular the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services (KAMS) the Institute has commenced initial discussions and planning to establish a permanent ongoing presence in the Kimberley and in particular ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Indigenous Health
• Kulunga Aboriginal Unit

This was a five year grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) awarded in 2004 after an application spearheaded by Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, along with Curtin University of Technology, the ...

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This paper describes the development of a video-based evaluation tool for use in Rett syndrome (RTT). ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2007
• October 2007

Information on daily seizure occurrence and health service utilization and monthly anti-epileptic drug use was provided on 162 Rett syndrome cases for a... ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2007
• September 2007

In this study, we examined the effects of maternal smoking as a major adverse exposure in early life, on mucosal immune function and allergen sensitization... ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2007
• March 2007

MECP2 mutations mainly occur in females with Rett syndrome. Mutations have been described in 11 boys with progressive encephalopathy... ...

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• 2006
• July 2006

A translocation that disrupted the netrin G1 gene (NTNG1) was recently reported in a patient with the early seizure variant of Rett syndrome (RTT). ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2006
• April 2006

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an eye disease that can occur in premature babies. It causes abnormal blood vessels to grow in the retina, and can lead to blindness. We have implemented a safe efficient nurse-led model of care in WA to prevent ...

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• Neonatal Neurodevelopment, Gut Health and Nutrition

Tobias Strunk TS MD, PhD, FRACP Head, Neonatal Health tobias.strunk@telethonkids.org.au Head, Neonatal Health Clinical Professor Tobias Strunk is a Consultant Neonatologist with a clinical research focus on infection and inflammation in newborn ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Neonatal Neurodevelopment, Gut Health and Nutrition