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Cutting-edge work is offering new hope to children with Cystic Fibrosis.

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Despite education about the risks of excessive sun exposure, teenagers in Australia are sun-seeking, with sunburn common in summer. Conversely, some regular (time-limited) exposure to sunlight (that avoids sunburn) is necessary for vitamin D and healthy bones and other molecules important for immune and metabolic health. New interventions are thus required to better support teenagers to make healthy and balanced decisions about their sun behaviors.

Our team uses AI to quickly analyse large amounts of genetic data to help discover alternate medications and improve existing treatments.

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This project aims to develop a longer acting formulation of penicillin, such that frequency of the injection can be increased up to 3-6 months.

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The Missing Piece Surveillance Study is a prospective surveillance study to determine the concurrent burden of skin and throat infections in children, from two remote communities in Northern Australia.

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Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a long-term sequela of acute rheumatic fever (ARF), which classically begins after an untreated or undertreated infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A). RHD develops after the heart valves are permanently damaged due to ARF.

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Bone mass and density are low in females with Rett syndrome.

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This paper examines whether a Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy affects the child's lung function predisposition towards lung disease such as asthma.

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Marked increases in maternal age and primiparous births were observed. A four-fold increase in the rates of pre-existing medical complications over time...

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The objective was to determine the association between maternal serum 25(OH)-vitamin D concentrations and behavioural, emotional and language outcomes...