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Webinar series
In the 7th instalment of our Advanced Therapeutics Webinar series we focused on ethical considerations in rare disease clinical trials. As new treatments become available, and in populations without prior access, concerns around equity and suitability arise. Physicians, patients and their families can be faced with a situation where there are more patients than clinical trial spots. So, who...
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Pandemic trends
The number of teenage girls who presented to NSW Emergency Departments (ED) for self-harm or suicidal ideation has dramatically escalated during the pandemic, following a steady increase over the past decade. A new study has investigated whether the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened trends in self-harm presentations in children and young people, which have increased globally over the last 10 year...
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Clinical Trials Day
There has been a dramatic rise in the number of children diagnosed with food allergies over the last two decades, with three in 10 children now developing a food-related allergy or eczema. Food Technology teacher Jessica Bales has witnessed this increase firsthand and says despite taking every precaution, the possible risk factor to the safety of her students induces stress and anxiety. “...
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World NF Awareness Day
A new research project aimed at finding a cure for the genetic disorder Neurofibromatosis (NF) has been given a flicker of hope. The project underway at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (CHW) has received $350,000 in funding from the Flicker of Hope Foundation delivered through the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation. This boost will go towards a gene therapy approach to NF, led...
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SIDS breakthrough
Researchers at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (CHW) have made a ground-breaking discovery, identifying the first biochemical marker that could help detect babies more at risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) while they are alive. In a study published by eBioMedicine, researchers found the activity of a specific enzyme, Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), was significantly lower in ba...
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