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Embrace 2022 Research Award winners announcedThe six winners of the Embrace 2022 Research Awards have been announced.
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Spaceship earth revisited: The co‐benefits of overcoming biological extinction of experience at the level of person, place and planetThis commentary focuses the ways in which microbes, as an essential part of all ecosystems, provide a vital link between personal and planetary systems
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Advances in Exercise, Physical Activity, and DiabetesWe screened more than 750 potentially eligible titles on PubMed and other common search engines for manuscripts on “exercise and diabetes”
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Closed Loop Study - MulticentreA Closed-Loop System will potentially have a major impact upon acute and chronic complications of diabetes as well as upon their quality of life

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Can exercise training Improve health in young people with type 2 diabetes?We are studying exercise in young people with T2DM and obese young people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes
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Western Australian DNA and Longitudinal Serum Bank for Weight RegulationThis resource will allow researchers to carry out studies which will look at the genetic causes of excessive weight gain and identify biomarkers

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NHMRC funding boost to child health researchThe Kids researchers will use nearly $8.5 million awarded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to tackle health issues including respiratory disease, brain cancer, vaccination and Aboriginal health.

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Research enriching the lives of girls with Rett syndromeA program developed by The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher Dr Jenny Downs has led to dramatic improvements in the functioning of Chinese children with Rett syndrome, and could change the world.

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Directing immune development to curb sky-rocketing diseaseOnce upon a time it was infectious diseases like polio, measles or tuberculosis that most worried parents. With these threats now largely under control, parents face a new challenge – sky-rocketing rates of non-infectious diseases such as asthma, allergies and autism.

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Trans Pathways provides evidence base to improve mental health of Trans YouthA ground-breaking survey by The Kids researchers has become the new reference point to guide policy change and educate health providers to better support trans and gender-diverse youth in Australia.