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This project aims to examine whether maternal probiotic supplementation promotes an enhanced immunomodulatory breastmilk composition likely to promote infant oral tolerance, and reduce food allergy in breastfed children.

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Have you seen our recent letter about a new area of research we’d like to focus on to improve the heart health of kids with type 1 diabetes? More and more evidence is showing the importance of exercise and cardiovascular health but surprisingly there isn’t much research in this field.

The Clinical Research Manager will work in the Children's Diabetes Centre

The Children's Diabetes Centre is based at the Telethon Kids Institute and Princess Margaret Hospital (www.childrensdiabetescentre.org.au) and was

The agenda of sessions for day two

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The largest GWAS meta-analysis conducted to date associating SNPs to venous thromboembolism in children and adolescents treated on childhood ALL protocols

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We examined whether there were changes over time in the qualitative and quantitative phenotype of individuals who received the diagnosis of Autistic Disorder.

The aim of the Computational Biology team is to understand how individual bases in our genome predispose, alter and interact in normal and disease contexts.

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in the lungs affect millions of children and adults worldwide. To our knowledge, no clinically validated prognostic biomarkers for chronic pulmonary P. aeruginosa infections exist. Therefore, this study aims to identify potential prognostic markers for chronic P. aeruginosa biofilm lung infections.

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Autistic people and those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are at a high risk of developing an eating disorder. While there is limited evidence on the relationship between other forms of neurodivergence and eating disorders, research suggests associations between giftedness, intellectual disability, obsessive-compulsive disorder, psychosis, Tourette's syndrome, and disordered eating.