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Toxicity of different biodiesel exhausts in primary human airway epithelial cells grown at air-liquid interface

Biodiesel is created through the transesterification of fats/oils and its usage is increasing worldwide as global warming concerns increase. Biodiesel fuel properties change depending on the feedstock used to create it.

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A pilot study of disease related education and psychotherapeutic support for unresolved grief in parents of children with CF

Diagnosis of chronic disease in a child can result in unresolved grief (UG) in parents. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of psychological insight-oriented therapy (IOT) as a treatment for UG compared to disease related education in parents of children with cystic fibrosis. Sequence of delivery, first IOT then disease related education (or vice versa) was also examined, to let all participants experience both interventions.

ORIGINS: A Unique World Class Interventional Research Enabling Platform

An interventional birth cohort researching ways to optimise health and identify conditions that enable every child to flourish from an early age.

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HBF Funded Sub-Project Runner Up In Ramsay Research Week Competition

ORIGINS sub-project, Flourishing in Fatherhood, has placed runner up in Ramsay Health Care's research-month competition!

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Nature Play & Grow - based on science but promoting play

A pilot program, teaching families how to 'play' in nature, has been shown to be effective in helping families unlock the mental and physical health benefits of connecting with nature and community through outdoor play, easily, and locally.

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ORIGINS 5000 Families Report

ORIGINS released a milestone document this week, celebrating our families.

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Desire to help others helps one ORIGINS family

Cathy Chopping is thankful she decided to try and help others by joining ORIGINS

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Thrive by Five TED Talk - Have you met Molly?

ORIGINS Director, Prof Desiree Silva is playing an integral role in promoting a Thrive by Five TED Talk asking parents to engage more meaningfully and often with children in order to promote their brain development and set them up for life.

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Magical Microbiomes at Telethon

Hundreds of kids and their families visited The ORIGINS Project booth over the Telethon weekend to learn about the magical microbiome.

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World-first research helps to identify child developmental delays

The ORIGINS Project’s Early Moves study is investigating whether a baby’s early movements can predict learning difficulties later in childhood.