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A Diagnosis for All Rare Genetic Diseases: The Horizon and the Next FrontiersThere is a critical need for the field to develop and implement strategies to understand the mechanisms underlying all rare diseases and translate these to clinical care
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Varicella vaccine effectiveness over 10 years in Australia; moderate protection from 1-dose programAlthough Australia's program has impacted on the burden of varicella disease, single dose Vaccine Effectiveness against varicella hospitalisation is only moderate
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Early childhood education and child development in four countries in East Asia and the PacificResults indicate that early childhood education is beneficial for children's early development
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Diagnosis of asbestos-related lung diseasesConsideration of the future for asbestos-related lung disease includes screening those at highest risk
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Psychometric properties of the Quality of Life Inventory-Disability (QI-Disability) measureInitial evaluation suggests that QI-Disability is a reliable and valid measure of quality of life across the spectrum of intellectual disability
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New therapeutic opportunities from dissecting the pre-B leukemia bone marrow microenvironmentWe provide evidence that targeting leukemia-induced bone loss is a therapeutic strategy for pre-B ALL
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Association between male genital anomalies and adult male reproductive disorders: a population-based data linkage study spanning more than 40 yearsWe provide new evidence to support current guidelines for orchidopexy before age 18 months to decrease the risk of future testicular cancer and infertility
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PI3K activation in neural stem cells drives tumorigenesis which can be ameliorated by targeting the cAMP response element binding proteinA novel mouse model for glioma demonstrating that the PI3K pathway is important for initiation of tumorigenesis
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ERS technical standard on bronchial challenge testing: pathophysiology and methodology of indirect airway challenge testingAssessment of airway hyperresponsiveness are valuable tools to understand and to monitor airway function and to characterise the underlying asthma phenotype to guide therapy
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Research priority setting in childhood chronic disease: a systematic reviewResearch priority setting activities in paediatric chronic disease cover many discipline areas and have elicited a broad range of topics
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The Kids skin researcher awarded prestigious L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science fellowshipDr Asha Bowen, Head of Skin Health at the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, has been awarded a 2018 Fellowship as part of the prestigious L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science program.
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Isla's Invasive Strep A Story"I had never heard of invasive Streptococcus A disease before, and I was shocked to hear that it is actually three times more common than meningococcal disease and just as deadly yet there is no vaccine to protect against it."
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New research home to improve outcomes for kidsThe Kids Research Institute Australia’s new state of the art research facility within the Perth’s Children’s Hospital (PCH) has officially opened its doors, paving the way for faster bench to bedside outcomes for children.
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Australian parents oblivious to true danger of the fluNew research investigating the devastating impact of the 2017 flu season by PAEDS-FluCAN, a national collaboration observing influenza in children, confirmed it was time to take action after thousands of children were hospitalised with the virus last year.
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The Kids researchers finalists in Premier’s Science AwardsTwo highly respected The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers have been named as finalists in the 2018 Premier’s Science Awards.
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Youthful voices happy to be heardTwenty-year-old Emma Wignell, a proud member of The Kids Research Institute Australia Youth Advisory Committee, was one of the dozens of young Western Australians involved in the community conversations which helped shape the State’s first Youth Health Policy.