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WA-first technique fast tracks urgent vaccine policy

Analysing samples is a vital part of research, providing the answers needed to move forward with innovative new treatments and life- saving vaccines.

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Pioneering research could be key to keeping cancer in check

Cancer research is being reimagined after a collaboration between The Kids Research Institute Australia, the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity.

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Graduation goals for community researchers

Five Fitzroy Crossing women have been awarded qualifications after working with The Kids Research Institute Australia’s Alcohol and Pregnancy & FASD Research Team.

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Thrown in the deep end, Jessica goes it alone

Jessica’s young life has been touched by domestic violence, sexual assault, addiction and hospital psychiatric admissions.

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New drug therapy provides hope for kids with cystic fibrosis

The Kids Research Institute Australia spin-off company, Respirion, received $20 million in funding to develop a promising new therapy.

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Atlas maps a pathway to happy, healthy childhood

The Child Development Atlas is proving popular even before its official launch - bringing together government services.

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Banksia Hill Project’s ripple effect

The two-year study, which was the first in Australia to assess and diagnose young people in a youth custodial setting for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

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New friend to improve social attention of kids with autism

An attention-training game developed by researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia is helping to improve social skill development in school-aged kids with autism.

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Landmark folate research recognised as major public health achievement

The Public Health Association of Australia has rated mandatory folate fortification – which led to a dramatic decline in neural tube defects – as one of the top 10 public health achievements of the past two decades.

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Friendly Schools goes from strength to strength

What began as a small formative research project 20 years ago has grown into a universal bullying prevention and social skills development program which has helped countless Australian children and their families.