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Perth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Service has been named a Centre of Excellence (COE) and Tertiary Level Diabetes Service with the National Association of Diabetes Centres (NADC).

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Are you prepared in the event of a pump failure?

What to do in the event of a pump failure.

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Exercise summit wrap up

The Children’s Diabetes Centre recently held summits for young people with Type 1 Diabetes to get their input into the development of new exercise guidelines.

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On-call paging service has a new number

If you have an urgent matter regarding the medical care of your child with diabetes you are encouraged to call the on-call paging number which has a new number. The new number is 08 6456 5993.

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Animas pump offer

Insulin pump company Ypsomed Australia has announced an offer for families currently using an Animas Vibe.

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The diabetes trial changing lives

Seventeen-year-old Andrew says he has a better handle on managing his type 1 diabetes since taking part in an at-home research trial involving a sophisticated new pump system. Watch Andrew, his mum Leeanne and The Kids researcher Professor Tim Jones discuss the trial on Today Tonight.

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Insulin pump algorithm reduces hypo episodes in children with T1D

An insulin pump can halve children’s exposure to hypoglycaemia if it includes an automated system to suspend basal insulin when hypoglycaemia is predicted

Research

Connective tissue growth factor is expressed in bone marrow stromal cells and promotes interleukin-7-dependent B lymphopoiesis

Hematopoiesis occurs in a complex bone marrow microenvironment in which bone marrow stromal cells provide critical support to the process through direct cell...

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Towards a molecular characterization of autism spectrum disorders: An exome sequencing and systems approach

This paper profiles the functional pattern of DNA variants found at a higher rate in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), X-linked intellectual...

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Rhinovirus exacerbates house-dust-mite induced lung disease in adult mice

In this study, we combined human-rhinovirus infection with a clinically relevant mouse model of aero-allergen exposure using house-dust-mite in an attempt to...