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Progress toward a global Group A streptococcal vaccine

The desire for an effective vaccine arises from the large burden of disease caused by the bacterium, particularly rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

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Detection of the rapid emergency of the H274 mutation associated with oseltamivir-resistance

In 2009 a new swine-origin influenza virus A/H1N1 (A/H1N1 09) emerged, causing the century's first pandemic.

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CXCR1 and SLC11A1 polymorphisms affect susceptibility to cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil: a case-control and family-based study

To look at the interplay between PMN and macrophages in disease progression in humans we asked whether polymorphisms at genes that regulate their infiltration..

Neonatal Health

Preterm babies have a heightened risk of infection as their immune system is not mature. The Neonatal Health Team is exploring new ways to diagnose, prevent and treat infections in WA's smallest patients .

News & Events

New test proves effective in more cancers

Avantogen Limited (ACU:ASX) today announced that cancer researchers at Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research (TICHR) and Avantogen Limited

Case Study: NEC

NEC Australia has joined forces with The Kids Research Institute Australia to ensure a state-of-the-art ICT system is in place at the new Perth Children’s Hospital.

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Trans Pathways

Trans Pathways is the largest study ever in Australia of gender diverse young people and their mental health and care pathways.

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The effect of oral insulin on subcutaneous insulin requirements and glycaemia in T1DM

Liz Tim Davis Jones MBBS FRACP PhD MBBS DCH FRACP MD Co-director of Children’s Diabetes Centre Co-head, Diabetes and Obesity Research Co-director of

News & Events

Paradigm shift: time to de-emphasise hypo risk in kids

It’s time to back off from the fear-mongering around severe hypoglycaemia, according to Children's Diabetes Centre researchers who point to increasing evidence that improved glycaemic control in children with type 1 diabetes is not associated with increasing rates of hypoglycaemia.

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Where's the meat? And what's it doing to my HbA1c?

Patients require on average about 50 per cent more insulin with a high protein meal than with a low protein meal. A study conducted by the Children's Diabetes Centre used an insulin clamp technique to determine insulin requirements to maintain euglycaemia across the different meals.