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Sisters strive to succeedAshlyn and Kayleigh have much more in common than being siblings – they both excel in their chosen sport and live with type 1 diabetes. We spoke to the sisters about juggling exercise and diabetes.
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Congratulations 2023 Round Two scholarship recipientsThe Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre; a JDRF Global Centre of Excellence (the Centre), announces 2023 Round 2, Honours and PhD scholarships for students dedicated to type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.
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PJs for a day to help sick kidsEleven-year-old twins Grace and Lilyana Musca had never spent time in hospital when they decided to organise a pyjama day at Hocking Primary School to raise money for sick children earlier this year.
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Diabetes clinic: We've movedWith a little over a week before outpatient clinics move from Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) to Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH), now is the time to familiarise yourself with all the information you need to know before you make your first visit.
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Comprehensive Testing of Chemotherapy and Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Preclinical Cancer Models Identifies Additive CombinationsAntibodies that target immune checkpoints such as cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA‐4) and the programmed cell death protein 1/ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) are now a treatment option for multiple cancer types. However, as a monotherapy, objective responses only occur in a minority of patients. Chemotherapy is widely used in combination with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). Although a variety of isolated immunostimulatory effects have been reported for several classes of chemotherapeutics, it is unclear which chemotherapeutics provide the most benefit when combined with ICB.
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Hand function development of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: A scoping reviewHemiplegic cerebral palsy (hCP) typically impacts sensorimotor control of the hand, but comprehensive assessments of the hands of children with hCP are relatively rare. This scoping review summarizes the development of hand function for children with hCP.
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WALLABY Pre-pilot Survey: The Effects of Tidal Interaction on Radial Distribution of Color in Galaxies of the Eridanus SupergroupWe study the tidal interaction of galaxies in the Eridanus supergroup, using H i data from the pre-pilot survey of the Widefield ASKAP L-band Legacy All-sky Blind surveY.
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Vector fields of risk: A new approach to the geographical representation of childhood asthmaOne of the major challenges in health studies with a spatial dimension is to produce valid and meaningful geographical representations of risk.
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"i Think i Could Have Used It Better": Experiences of Youth with High HbA1c Commencing Advanced Hybrid Closed-Loop Therapy in a Clinical Trial Setting - A Qualitative ResearchAdvanced hybrid closed-loop (AHCL) therapy improves glycemia. However, it is not known if there is an improvement in overall outcomes with AHCL for youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) at high risk of diabetes-related complications. The study aimed to capture the experiences of youth with suboptimal glycemic control when commencing AHCL therapy in a clinical trial setting.
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Oscar Hogan - How my brother living with T1D influenced my careerWe spoke to Oscar and asked him to share his story about the challenges he faces when trying to support his brother, joining the Centre as a student and what T1D research means to him, his brother and his family.