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The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers discover new form of antimicrobial resistanceAustralian researchers have uncovered a new form of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – undetectable using traditional laboratory testing methods – in a discovery set to challenge existing efforts to monitor and tackle one of the world’s greatest health threats.

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Universal protocols for Strep A surveillance set to transform research for world-first vaccineA global consortium of Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) researchers has launched a series of best practice surveillance protocols designed to unite international research efforts for a world-first Strep A vaccine.

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Research award recipients making great progress in PNGTwo infectious disease researchers from Papua New Guinea (PNG) dedicated to reducing rates of childhood mortality in their home country are making significant advances thanks to support from the Deborah Lehmann Research Award (DLRA).


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NHMRC funding boost to child health researchThe Kids researchers will use nearly $8.5 million awarded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to tackle health issues including respiratory disease, brain cancer, vaccination and Aboriginal health.
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OPTIMUM: OPTimising IMmunisation Using Mixed schedulesPat Peter Susan Tom Jennifer Holt Richmond Prescott Snelling Kent PhD, DSc, FRCPath, FRCPI, FAA MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP BMBS DTMH

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Why timing matters: How tumours respond to immunotherapy treatments over timeResearchers have identified key differences between cancers that respond to immunotherapy and those that do not.

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Finding new treatments for rare brain cancers in infantsThe WA Kids Cancer Centre has secured $1.1 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) Paediatric Brain Cancer Research Stream 2 to develop more effective and less toxic treatments for rare brain cancers in infants.

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Researchers narrow down field of new treatments for most common childhood brain cancerCancer researchers have narrowed-down the field of immunotherapy drugs which could be used to tackle a form of childhood brain cancer.

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Key appointments to drive early childhood collaborationLeading child health researcher Professor Donna Cross has been appointed as Director of the new Early Childhood Development and Learning Collaboration, hosted b