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New facility to develop crucial treatment for antibiotic-resistant superbugs

Western Australia’s first bacteriophage manufacturing facility has been opened in a significant development that brings patients battling antibiotic-resistant infections a step closer to life-saving phage therapy.

Holiday fun this April

The school holidays are fast approaching, which only means one thing – the The Kids Discovery Centre school holiday workshops are back with an exciting program of fun and educational workshops for kids!

Discover Day

Join us this school holidays for a FREE family fun day at The Kids Research Institute Australia in Subiaco and discover how we are making a difference to child health.

Changing Prevalence of Lower Airway Infections in Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Changing Prevalence of Lower Airway Infections in Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis Aspergillus is a type of fungus that is found everywhere in

A phase I clinical trial assessing the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of inhaled ethanol in humans as a potential treatment for respiratory tract infections

Current treatments for respiratory infections are severely limited. Ethanol's unique properties including antimicrobial, immunomodulatory, and surfactant-like activity make it a promising candidate treatment for respiratory infections if it can be delivered safely to the airway by inhalation. Here, we explore the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of inhaled ethanol in a phase I clinical trial.

Primum non nocere (“first do no harm”) with oxygen therapy

Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg AM FAHMS MD, PhD, DEAA, FANZA Chair of Paediatric anaesthesia, University of Western Australia; Consultant

Sialic acid-to-urea ratio as a measure of airway surface hydration

We explored a robust method to estimate mucus hydration using sialic acid as a marker for mucin content.

The impact of immigration detention on children's mental health: systematic review

There are 117.3 million people forcibly displaced because of war, conflict and natural disasters: 40% are children. With growing numbers, many high-income countries have adopted or are considering increasingly restrictive policies of immigration detention. Research on the impact of detention on mental health has focused on adults, although recent studies report on children. 

Start smart: a program for healthy mobile technology use by young children

The project aims to design, test, refine and disseminate an early childhood centre intervention (Smart Start) to improve young children’s and their families’ technology use practices.

Understanding Diabetes: Early environmental determinants of pancreatic islet autoimmunity: a pregnancy to early life cohort study in children at risk of type 1 diabetes

This study is looking for the causes of type 1 diabetes, so that we can find ways to prevent it. We will follow many women around Australia during pregnancy until early childhood, looking at the child's birth, environment and genes.