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A diagnostic test for acute rheumatic fever (pilot study)Currently there are no diagnostic tests for ARF, and no treatments targeting immune responses to improve disease outcomes.
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A Phase 3, randomized, double-blind trial to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine given as a series of 2 infant doses and 1 toddler dose in healthy infants (NeXXstep)Jennifer Peter Kent Richmond RN MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Clinical Research Manager Head, Vaccine Trials Group Jennifer.Kent@thekids.org.au Clinical
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Acute infection and long term follow-up of people with HIVInvestigators: Peter Le Souef Project description There have been almost no studies of the first illness caused by HIV infection. We have recruited
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Amped Out: An Energy Drink StudyThe Kids Research Institute Australia is conducting a research study to evaluate a 4-month trial ban on the sale of energy drinks to children in all retail stores in Bridgetown.
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An initial health economic evaluation of the potential benefits gained by reducing late effects in paediatric brain cancer survivorsRaelene Nick Endersby Gottardo BSc (Hons) PhD MBChB FRACP PhD Brainchild Fellow; Co-Head, Brain Tumour Research Head of Paediatric and Adolescent
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Study to drive improved long COVID care for CALD communitiesCulturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities experiencing the ongoing impacts of long COVID are set to benefit from a major new $2 million research project backed by the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund.
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Sunlight, nitric oxide and cardiometabolic dysfunction: exploring beneficial mechanismsPrue Shelley Hart Gorman BSc (Hons) MSc PhD BSc (Hons) PhD Honorary Research Fellow Honorary Research Associate prue.hart@thekids.org.au
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Temporal dynamics of B cell dysfunction and EBV responses in early multiple sclerosisMultiple sclerosis (MS) is an incurable condition where a person’s immune system mistakenly attacks their own brain and spinal cord.
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The AIM-BRAIN Project: Access to Innovative Molecular diagnostic profiling for paediatric brain tumoursNick Gottardo MBChB FRACP PhD Head of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology and Haematology, Perth Children’s Hospital; Co-head, Brain Tumour Research
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