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Data for recent years show a shift away from a classification of 'SIDS' towards a classification of 'unascertainable', particularly for Aboriginal infants.

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Information on presence and age at onset of seizures, perinatal and developmental history, and genetic status was abstracted on 275 cases in the Australian...

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Two The Kids researchers will launch innovative new scientific projects thanks to funding from BHP.

The Advancing Innovation in Respiratory (AIR) Health Team is a multi-disciplinary group with skills in clinical medicine, physiology, psychology, and in cellular and molecular biology, that are committed to improving the lives of children with respiratory diseases and their families.

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The eradication of rubella in Australia is evidence of the vital role vaccinations play in protecting our health, researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia say.

The AREST CF project focuses on the assessment, treatment and prevention of CF lung disease in children under the age of seven.

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Around seven per cent of children and young people live in poverty, and one third are developmentally vulnerable when they start full-time school.

The Children's Diabetes Centre's research into Type 1 diabetes, childhood onset Type 2 diabetes and obesity aims to improve the lives of children and adolescents affected by these conditions.

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Our research focuses on what are the best ways for patients with Type 1 Diabetes to exercise safely. We aim to develop clinical guidelines that provide improved advice for patients and educate patients on how to prevent hypos during and after exercise.

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This study will tell us if the use of a hybrid closed loop system can improve awareness of hypoglycaemia.

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The Kimberley has the highest rates of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Western Australia – but through the establishment of a new community-led, research-backed project known as END RHD Communities, there’s hope this will change.

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The Serum & Plasma bank was established to provide a store of samples from subjects with diabetes as well as their families.

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Collecting DNA samples from Australian families affected by diabetes.

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The year 2013 saw the progress in our research from purely lab-based studies towards taking a step closer to translational research.

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Dr 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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"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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The 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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New 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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Two highly respected The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers have been named as finalists in the 2018 Premier’s Science Awards.

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Twenty-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.