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AERIAL allergy and asthma study celebrates recruitment of final baby

The AERIAL study, in partnership with The ORIGINS Project, endeavours to understand if exposures during pregnancy and early life can affect the cells lining the airways in newborns, and whether this is associated with the development of wheeze, allergy and asthma later in childhood.

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Keelan has ‘survived and thrived’, thanks to research

Ten-year-old Keelan Mullins is known to his mum Clare Hindle as her ‘miracle baby’. Keelan was born in March 2013 at 26 weeks’ gestation and weighing just 1096 grams.

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Research into chronic lung disease in Indigenous children and a novel RSV treatment boosted thanks to WACRF grants

Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre researchers will use almost $1.2 million in WA Child Research Fund grants to determine why Indigenous children develop bronchiectasis at such high rates after contracting bronchiolitis, and to test a promising novel treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

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Wal-yan Scientific Retreat: Fostering Collaborative Excellence

The Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre's dedicated team members, along with special guests, embarked on a journey to Wadjemup (Rottnest Island) on 9 and 10 November. 

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Researchers share in almost $1.8 million for groundbreaking child health respiratory research

Three researchers from the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre will share in almost $1.8 million in grants to continue groundbreaking research to tackle childhood asthma prevention and lung disease.

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Superviruses to fight superbugs: Perth's first phage manufacturing facility is officially open

Patients battling antibiotic-resistant superbugs will soon have access to life-saving WA-made therapies that could help treat lung, skin and ear infections as well as bacterial infections like Golden Staph. Western Australia's inaugural phage manufacturing facility – spearheaded by a team at the

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Wal-yan Centre welcomes Professor André Schultz as new Head

In an exciting development for the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre, Professor André Schultz has been appointed as the Centre’s new Head, succeeding Professor Stephen Stick. 

Differential cell counts using center-point networks achieves human-level accuracy and efficiency over segmentation

Differential cell counts using center-point networks achieves human-level accuracy and efficiency over segmentation Differential cell counts is a

Progress in Model Systems of Cystic Fibrosis Mucosal Inflammation to Understand Aberrant Neutrophil Activity

Progress in Model Systems of Cystic Fibrosis Mucosal Inflammation to Understand Aberrant Neutrophil Activity In response to repeated lung infection