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The Kids Research Institute Australia is now part of an ambitious, yet achievable, global bid to produce such one-shot vaccines.
At just two years old, Lucy lost her fight against flu. With your generous help, we can finally beat influenza.
Over 100 researchers and health professionals from around Australia have united in Broome this week to address the major health battles facing people living in the tropical north of the country.
Researchers have found kids who experience repeat ear infections in infancy have a much higher risk of ongoing problems with ear infections in later childhood
Join us for stories, imagination and connection in the Discovery Centre
Get ready for a week of mind-blowing fun as the Discovery Centre comes alive for National Science Week with this year’s exciting theme: Decoding the Universe!
A powerful screening of truth telling that captures the stories of the Western Australia Stolen Generation.
Find out what our communities had to say about the draft Statement on Consumers and Community Involvement in Health and Medical Research.
The first peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) for children was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2020. While clinical efficacy is established, evidence on cost-effectiveness-whether the benefits outweigh the costs and adverse effects-remains limited. A variant of OIT, known as probiotic and peanut OIT (PPOIT), has shown similar efficacy in trials.
MECP2 duplication syndrome (MDS) is an ultrarare, X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder that is poorly understood in terms of its natural history and phenotypic variability. There is limited information on how individuals with MDS acquire, retain or lose fundamental functional skills (gross motor, purposeful hand function and communication) - that of which this study aimed to better characterise in the largest case series to date.