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Australian-first study set to unveil major impact of ear disease on Aboriginal children

Researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia have been awarded a $1.1 million NHMRC ‘Targeted Call for Hearing Health’ grant to conduct the first ever study following Aboriginal babies from birth through to five years to uncover the true prevalence of middle ear infections and hearing loss.

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The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers discover new form of antimicrobial resistance

Australian researchers have uncovered a new form of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – undetectable using traditional laboratory testing methods – in a discovery set to challenge existing efforts to monitor and tackle one of the world’s greatest health threats.

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Universal protocols for Strep A surveillance set to transform research for world-first vaccine

A global consortium of Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) researchers has launched a series of best practice surveillance protocols designed to unite international research efforts for a world-first Strep A vaccine.

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Research award recipients making great progress in PNG

Two infectious disease researchers from Papua New Guinea (PNG) dedicated to reducing rates of childhood mortality in their home country are making significant advances thanks to support from the Deborah Lehmann Research Award (DLRA).

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NHMRC funding boost to child health research

The 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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OPTIMUM: OPTimising IMmunisation Using Mixed schedules

Pat Peter Susan Tom Jennifer Holt Richmond Prescott Snelling Kent PhD, DSc, FRCPath, FRCPI, FAA MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP BMBS DTMH

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Why timing matters: How tumours respond to immunotherapy treatments over time

Researchers have identified key differences between cancers that respond to immunotherapy and those that do not.

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Finding new treatments for rare brain cancers in infants

The WA Kids Cancer Centre has secured $1.1 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) Paediatric Brain Cancer Research Stream 2 to develop more effective and less toxic treatments for rare brain cancers in infants.