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Leaders in the not-for-profit, research, philanthropy and business sectors have joined forces to shine a light on the human and economic benefits of early support for Australian children.
World-first findings from the collaborative REACT study – a joint project between The Kids, PCH, UWA and Curtin University – have led to the asthma medication Ventolin being routinely given to paediatric patients before tonsillectomy surgery to prevent respiratory complications.
Trans or gender diverse young people are working with The Kids researchers to come up with resources that will provide better support to parents.
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Long-term derangement of antigen presenting cell populations in the respiratory tract following Influenza A infectionThis project investigates how different populations of cells within the respiratory tract immune system are altered during a viral infection.
The vision of the Perioperative Medicine Team is to make discoveries that will improve children’s perioperative care and lead to global practice change.
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Western Australian Children’s Diabetes DatabaseThis register was established at Princess Margaret Hospital in 1987 which stores data on all consenting patients attending the hospital’s diabetes clinic.
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Centre for Advanced Cancer Genomics (CACG)Current technologies to understand which genes are turned on or off only work on large amounts of biological samples. As a consequence all measurements we receive represent averages across multiple cell types present in the sample. The situation is comparable to studying the contents of a bowl of fr
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Attenuation of maternal inflammatory responses during pregnancy to promote normal immune and behavioral outcomes in the offspringThis study will identify how the immune system contributes to neurodevelopmental outcomes and will investigate the use of an agent from traditional medicines.
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Adolescent type 1 diabetes cardio-renal Intervention trialAn international clinical trial looking at intervention with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEI), Statins, or a combination of both
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Intranasal Insulin Trial IIIf successful, this vaccine could prevent type 1 diabetes and the need for daily insulin injections in people at risk.