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Randomised controlled trial of perinatal vitamin D supplementation to prevent early-onset acute respiratory infections among Australian First Nations children: the 'D-Kids' study protocolGlobally, acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. While ARI-related mortality is low in Australia, First Nations infants are hospitalised with ARIs up to nine times more often than their non-First Nations counterparts.
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Essential fatty acids and mood: A systematic review of observational studiesEssential polyunsaturated (omega-3 and omega-6) fatty acids have been proposed to play a role in the aetiology of mood disorders. However, a systematic...
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Dahlem ConferenceThere is increasing evidence that the functional state of the immune system at birth is predictive of the kinetics of immune maturation in early infancy.
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Toll-like receptor 7 function is reduced in adolescents with asthmaAnti-viral innate immune responses may be impaired in asthma, although the mechanisms are not well understood.
We are a collaborative group focused on improving outcomes for children with leukaemia. The Research Assistant will evaluate novel therapeutics in
Patient recruitment, sample collection & coordination of a clinical study in patients with rheumatic heart disease.
PhD Scholarship opportunities The Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre; A JDRF Global Centre of Excellence, (“the Centre”) based at The Kids Research
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CoDiab studyKayla Hesketh is the first patient recruited to a new study being carried out by the Children’s Diabetes Centre and University Children’s Hospital Basel.
The aim of RESP-ACT is to reduce these children’s respiratory hospital admissions and visits to Emergency Department, and to help them and their families to have as the best possible quality of life.
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“If you build it, they will come”: the convergence of funding, research and collaboration in paediatric brain cancer clinical trialsEach year, approximately 1000 children in Australia and New Zealand, aged 0–14 years, are diagnosed with cancer. Despite paediatric cancer accounting for less than 1% of all cancer cases, the impact on their families and communities is profound and disproportionate.