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Paediatric respiratory physician and The Kids researcher André Schultz has had to wait more than a decade to test out a simple idea.

Researchers have made a world-first discovery on how to prevent severe respiratory infections in babies.

IgE antibodies in house dust mite (HDM) allergy follow a predictable pattern. Half are directed against two dominant allergens and the remainder largely against

Early immunological influences on asthma development: opportunities for early intervention

Telethon Kids Institute and the PMH Anaesthesia Research Team will work to improve the safety for young children with asthma undergoing general anaesthesia.

One in ten Australians have asthma and Dr Kimberley Wang from The Kids Research Institute Australia is on a mission to find out what causes it.

Australian scientists have today launched a world first research trial into a treatment that could prevent asthma in high risk children.

Childhood asthma begins as wheeze (a whistling sound produced by the airways during breathing) during pre­school age.

The twenty-first century has seen a fundamental shift in disease epidemiology with anthropogenic environmental change emerging as the likely dominant factor affecting the distribution and severity of current and future human disease. This is especially true of allergic diseases and asthma with their intimate relationship with the natural environment.

Previous studies relating increased serum levels of folate and fat-soluble vitamins to prostate cancer risk have variously shown null associations or to either