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New study shows that environment during pregnancy affects babies' immune development

Research from Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has shown that children born in modern industrialised environments have more responsive immune

Rett syndrome research reveals high fracture risk

Girls and young women with Rett syndrome are nearly four times more likely to suffer a fracture.

$9M NHMRC funding boost for child health research

The Kids researchers have been awarded over $9 million in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding towards child health research including rheumatic heart disease, respiratory infections, and autism spectrum disorder.

'Artificial pancreas' helps ease diabetes burden

The Centre is currently involved in an international effort to develop revolutionary closed- loop 'artificial pancreas' technology. It is also leading a multi-centre Australian trial of these portable devices at home in young people with diabetes.

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At The Kids Research Institute Australia, we have a dedicated and diverse team of over 1,000 staff, students and honorary researchers.

World-first video trial to help babies at risk of autism thrive

Video technology is helping researchers learn more about the early communication style of infants with a family history of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability.

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CliniKids is putting the ‘evidence’ in evidence-based practice by providing families access to the best scientific-backed therapies as quickly as possible so that all autistic children have the chance to reach their full potential.

Evaluation of the Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies: Thirty-five years of surveillance

The birth defects component of the Western Australian Register for Developmental Anomalies (WARDA-BD) was evaluated to assess its efficiency, effectiveness, and data quality

Impaired airway epithelial cell responses from children with asthma to rhinoviral infection

Human rhinovirus infection delays repair and inhibits apoptotic processes in epithelial cells from non-asthmatic and asthmatic children

Does somatosensation change with age in children and adolescents? A systematic review

How different somatosensory modalities develop across childhood into adolescence to use as a point of reference for children at risk of somatosensory