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Award for Sun Safe app developed with teens

expertise in the effects of sun exposure and vitamin D on health. She investigates the mechanisms by ... many ongoing clinical trials that test wheth…

Distinguishing benign from pathologic TH2 immunity in atopic children

In addition to its role in blocking TH2 effector activation in the late-phase allergic response, IL-10 is a known IgG1 switch factor

DNA Methylation Profiles of Airway Epithelial Cells and PBMCs from Healthy, Atopic and Asthmatic Children

Allergic inflammation is commonly observed in a number of conditions that are associated with atopy including asthma, eczema and rhinitis.

Azithromycin inhibits mucin secretion, mucous metaplasia, airway inflammation, and airways hyperresponsiveness in mice exposed to house dust mite extract

Excessive production, secretion, and retention of abnormal mucus is a pathological feature of many obstructive airways diseases including asthma. Azi…

Feasibility of the pre-operative measurement of fractional exhaled nitric oxide and respiratory mechanics to predict respiratory outcomes in children undergoing general anaesthesia

Peri-operative respiratory adverse events remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children undergoing general anaesthesia; those with asth…

The Sun Safe app: a new online tool to promote safe sun behaviours by teenagers

needs for sun protection and sun exposure (for vitamin D). This project was funded by Healthway (Government

Maternal and umbilical cord androgen concentrations do not predict digit ratio (2D:4D) in girls:

focuses on the effects of ultraviolet radiation and vitamin D3 on the immune system with their ground-breaking ... out the protective mechanisms and…

No dose-dependent increase in fracture risk after long-term exposure to high doses of retinol or beta-carotene

This intervention study found no increase in fracture risk among 2,322 adults who took a controlled, high-dose retinol supplement (25,000 IU retinyl.…