Investigators: Andre Schultz, Graham Hall, Ingrid Laing, Sherlynn Ang
External collaborators: Stacey Reinke (Edith Cowan University), David Broadhurst (Edith Cowan University), Robert Trengrove (Murdoch University), Robert Lethbridge (Perth's Children Hospital)
A lot of preschool aged children are faced with the respiratory problem of wheezing and approximately 70% grow out of this wheeze. Some will go on to be diagnosed with asthma. This wheezing may be caused by the common cold, air pollutants and irritants, cold weather and exercise. Researchers from Perth Children’s Hospital, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Edith Cowan University and Murdoch University are hoping to use urine to better understand wheeze and asthma. As we all determine whether the chemicals found in urine can be used to diagnose asthma.