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Breastfeeding and Eating Nuts and Eggs for Infant Tolerance

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Data resource profile: the ORIGINS project databank: a collaborative data resource for investigating the developmental origins of health and disease

The ORIGINS Project (“ORIGINS”) is a longitudinal, population-level birth cohort with data and biosample collections that aim to facilitate research to reduce non-communicable diseases and encourage ‘a healthy start to life’. ORIGINS has gathered millions of datapoints and over 400,000 biosamples over 15 timepoints, antenatally through to five years of age, from mothers, non-birthing partners and the child, across four health and wellness domains.

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Cohort Profile: The ORIGINS pregnancy and birth cohort

Desiree Doctor Jackie Susan Lisa Zenobia Silva Davis Prescott Gibson Talati MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD BSc (Hons) MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP BA (Hons), MPsych

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ORIGINS reaches key milestone

ORIGINS, a collaboration between The Kids and the Joondalup Health Campus, has achieved a major milestone – recruiting its 1000th family.

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Newborn Nasal Sampling Evaluation (NOSE) Study

A pilot study to assess recruitment and nasal sampling in newborns.

The SunPreg Study

Determining the associations of sun exposure in early life on the development of non-communicable diseases.

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Indigenous researcher awarded prestigious Forrest Fellowship

Outstanding Aboriginal researcher Jessica Buck has received a prestigious Forrest Foundation Research Fellowship to investigate innovative new therapies for children with brain cancer.

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Cancer researcher to use Forrest Fellowship to tackle high rates of relapse after sarcoma surgery

A The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher aiming to reduce the high rate of relapse in children after cancer surgery has won a prestigious post-doctoral fellowship from the Forrest Foundation.

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Five The Kids researchers awarded prestigious grants

Several The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers will share in more than $7.5 million in prestigious Investigator Grants to pursue a range of innovative child health research.

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Researchers uncover the hidden wonder of cells

Researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia and The University of Western Australia have developed a new technique to see inside cells with unprecedented detail, revealing a complicated web of interactions that provides new insights into how cells stay healthy.