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Western Australia’s first bacteriophage manufacturing facility has been opened in a significant development that brings patients battling antibiotic-resistant infections a step closer to life-saving phage therapy.
Scientific discoveries over the past 30 years mean doctors now have a deeper understanding of what causes disease and how those diseases might progress.
Sports coaches across Australia can now access WA-designed sport resources, which aim to help coaches better understand type 1 diabetes (T1D) and encourage children living with the condition to stay in sport.
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UV exposure and protection against allergic airways diseaseAsthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the small and large conducting airway mucosa characterised by Th2 cell immunity.
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Geographic information systems and applied spatial statistics are efficientApplied Spatial Statistics used in conjunction with geographic information systems (GIS) provide an efficient tool for the surveillance of diseases
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Toward improved prediction of risk for atopy and asthma among preschoolers: A prospective cohort studyAtopy and asthma are commonly initiated during early life, and there is increasing interest in the development of preventive treatments for at-risk children.
The WAACHS regional profiles look at all four volumes of results across the ATSIC regions of Western Australia.
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Impact of Neuritin 1 (NRN1) polymorphisms on fluid intelligence in schizophreniaNeuritin 1, an activity-regulated gene with multiple roles in neurodevelopment & synaptic plasticity, is linked to a subtype of schizophrenia.
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Providing feedback on adherence increases use of preventive medication by asthmatic childrenThis study investigates the impact of measuring adherence and providing feedback on medication usage by children with unstable asthma.
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Genetic and functional evidence implicating DLL1 as the gene that influences susceptibilityVisceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum chagasi. Genome-wide linkage studies from Sudan and Brazil identified...