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The Children’s Diabetes Centre was honoured to have leading international experts Laurel Messer and Professor Mike Riddell as guest speakers at its community forum and research symposium recently.

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Have you seen our recent letter about a new area of research we’d like to focus on to improve the heart health of kids with type 1 diabetes? More and more evidence is showing the importance of exercise and cardiovascular health but surprisingly there isn’t much research in this field.

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The burden of having T1D is enormous and our researchers are conducting a study trying to understand how we can help relieve diabetes distress.

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New research from the Children’s Diabetes Centre at The Kids Research Institute Australia has found children who use an insulin pump to manage their type 1 diabetes have better long-term blood glucose control than those on insulin injections.

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Meet eight-year-old Emily. She lives in Northam, has Type 1 Diabetes and stars in one of the videos for a new The Kids Research Institute Australia digital advertising campaign. Mother Kathleen Noble said the initial diagnosis was the hardest time for the family.

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Perth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Clinic is holding a Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) information night on Wednesday, May 29.

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Our exercise researchers have been working with young people with type 1 diabetes to create an app and we need your help to name it!

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Neutrophils are the most abundant immune cell in circulation. However, due to a number of technical challenges for researchers, including the neutrophil's short lifespan and difficulties with preservation, they are often discarded during blood processing and thus ignored in cohort studies. As such, the contribution of neutrophils to disease and their involvement in disease mechanisms is less explored compared with other immune cell types.

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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited red blood cell disease that results in a multitude of medical complications, including an increased risk of invasive disease caused by encapsulated bacteria, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. Pneumococcal vaccines have contributed to a significant reduction in pneumococcal disease (PD) in children and adults, including those with SCD. This phase 3 study evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of V114, a 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), in children with SCD.

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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited red blood cell disease that results in a multitude of medical complications, including an increased risk of invasive disease caused by encapsulated bacteria, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. Pneumococcal vaccines have contributed to a significant reduction in pneumococcal disease (PD) in children and adults, including those with SCD. This phase 3 study evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of V114, a 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, in children with SCD.