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Annual Community Lecture: You Are What You Breathe

Join us for our Annual Community Lecture entitled "You Are What You Breathe" with Professor Stephen Holgate.

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Video: The burden of asthma - Michelle's story

Michelle has spent countless nights watching her son struggle to breathe. Our researchers are working to find better treatments for kids living with asthma.

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Video: The burden of asthma - Karen's story

The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers are at the forefront of asthma research globally. Watch Karen's story to learn why it's so important.

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Researchers urge caution in how asthma test is used

Researchers are urging caution in the use of a widely accepted test for diagnosing asthma, after their study found it may not be accurate in some settings.

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Looking at language

Hearing your child’s first word is a precious moment for any parent but while most children begin to talk within 12 to 24 months of age, some take much longer.

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New test for FASD

Early intervention in child development problems caused by alcohol use in pregnancy has been made possible by The Kids Research Institute Australia’s work

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Developing and characterising juvenile models of aggressive paediatric brain cancers for the evaluation of novel immunotherapies.

While profound treatment responses have been realised using immunotherapy for some cancer types, this is yet to be seen for paediatric brain cancer patients.

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Development of a screening tool to identify safer biodiesels

Alexander Anthony Larcombe Kicic BScEnv (Hons) PhD BSc (Hons) PhD Honorary Research Fellow Rothwell Family Fellow; Head, Airway Epithelial Research

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Early Moves Project

The Early Moves study is investigating whether a baby’s early movements can predict learning difficulties later in childhood.

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Effectiveness of childcare centre interventions to increase young children’s physical activity

The aim of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of childcare centre based interventions to increase young children’s physical activity.