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New study to find COVID-fighting properties in existing medications thanks to national grantNearly 50 existing prescription medications already used by Australians will be tested by new research in the fight against COVID’s mutant variants.
The birth of Channel 7 Perth's Telethon in 1967 happened of all places - on a golf course. Read more about how this massively successful event was created.
The legacy of beloved parenting author and educator Maggie Dent is set to live on well beyond her lifetime.
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Pitch Perfect! Illuminate PitchFest 2023Ten researchers from different areas took to the stage with a carefully crafted presentation and three-minute pitch, in efforts to spark the interest of 80 guests
Geoff Cattach has headed the Children's Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation and raised $24 million to fund The Kids' research into childhood cancers
The Angela Wright Bennett Foundation has made a $250,000 donation to autism research being led by Andrew Whitehouse at The Kids Research Institute Australia. Read more.
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Maternal work hours in early to middle childhood link to later adolescent diet qualityPrevious studies on maternal work hours and child diet quality have reported conflicting findings possibly due to differences in study design, lack of a...
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T-cell activation genes differentially expressed at birth in CD4+ T-cells from children who develop IgE food allergyTo show underlying mechanisms, we examined differences in T-cell gene expression in samples at birth and at 1 year in children with and without IgE allergy.
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ART, birth defects and subfertility-what should prospective patients be told?Clinicians who counsel prospective ART patients about birth defect risk should provide information about the overall risk of having a child with a birth defect
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Integrated analysis of miRNA and mRNA expression in childhood MedulloblastomaMedulloblastoma (MB) is the most common malignant brain tumor in children and a leading cause of cancer-related mortality and morbidity.