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Interactions between innate and adaptive immunity in asthma pathogenesis: new perspectives from studies on acute exacerbationsAtopic asthma, which is at its highest prevalence during childhood/young adulthood, represents the main focus of this review.
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Increased exhaled nitric oxide in wind and brass musiciansPlaying a wind or brass (W/B) instrument is considered a strenuous activity for the respiratory system.
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Antimicrobial susceptibility of Moraxella catarrhalis isolated from children in Kalgoorlie-BoulderTo investigate antimicrobial susceptibility of Moraxella catarrhalis isolated from a cohort of children being followed in a study of the natural history of OM
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Validation of a mouse xenograft model system for gene expression analysis of human acute lymphoblastic leukaemiaPre-clinical models that effectively recapitulate human disease are critical for expanding our knowledge of cancer biology and drug resistance mechanisms.
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Interpretation of urinary 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine is adversely affected by methodological inaccuracies when using a commercial ELISAThe DNA lesion 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG), a urinary marker of oxidative stress, is produced from reactions of reactive oxygen
Our Child Health Analytics Team uses cutting-edge technologies to better understand how and why the health and wellbeing of children varies from place to place. We develop innovative geospatial methods that can harness large, complex datasets to pinpoint hotspots of elevated risk, evaluate change through time, and explore underlying drivers.
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Ngangk Ngabala Ngoonda (Sun Safety)The Ngangk Ngabala Ngoonda (Sun Safety) project aims to address an urgent health issue and knowledge gap by generating a greater understanding of the barriers to sun protective behaviours and skin cancer prevention among Aboriginal CYP and their families in WA.
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TrialNet: Pathway to PreventionThis study is helping us to learn how type 1 diabetes develop and ways to delay and prevent it.
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Investigating mortality rates and the incidence and risk factors of diabetes complications and co-morbidities during early adult life in a population based childhood onset diabetes cohortUsing the WA Data Linkage System to provide information of the incidence and relative risk of T1D co-morbidities and mortality during early adulthood.
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Diabetes Translational ResearchThe year 2013 saw the progress in our research from purely lab-based studies towards taking a step closer to translational research.