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Why it’s safe for kids to be at school

As Australia battles with COVID-19 outbreaks across all mainland states, there is a sense of familiar dread as major cities plunge into lockdown.

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Nutrition

The science that interprets the way nutrients and other substances in food affect maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease.

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Jonathan Carapetis: The smart money is on backing West Aussie medical research

As a paediatrician and researcher, I witness on a daily basis the extraordinary benefits of Western Australian health and medical research to individual patients and the community.

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The fall and rise of Group A Streptococcus diseases

We overview the changing epidemiology of Group A Streptococcus infections and the genetic alterations that accompany the emergence of Group A Streptococcus strains

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The Contribution of Geogenic Particulate Matter to Lung Disease in Indigenous Children

The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between dust levels and health in Indigenous children in Western Australia

Allergy, Inflammation & Immunity

ORIGINS has several sub-projects exploring allergy development within the cohort, with a focus on nutritional strategies for allergy prevention.

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Setting the agenda: Urgent priorities to close the childhood cancer gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

A review led by the First Nations Childhood Cancer team at The Kids Research Institute Australia has highlighted the urgent need for Indigenous-specific studies focused on cancer outcomes, survivorship and equity.

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King’s Birthday Honour for infectious diseases researcher

Congratulations to infectious diseases clinician-researcher Professor Asha Bowen, awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the King’s Birthday Honours List for her service to medicine in the field of clinical diseases. 

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WA-based cancer pharmaceutical start-up secures CUREator funding

Researchers dedicated to developing the first cancer immunotherapy tablet have been boosted by a $374,000 CUREator top-up funding grant.

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Stem cell ‘memory’ discovery offers hope for new disease breakthroughs

Australian researchers have developed a new method to ‘wipe the memory’ of reprogrammed human cells to better mimic embryonic stem cells, in a discovery that has significant implications for the treatment of several serious diseases.