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Australian scientists researching how our immune system responds to COVID-19 have revealed that those infected by early variants in 2020 produced sustained antibodies, however, these antibodies are not as effective against contemporary variants of the virus. The research is one of the world’s most comprehensive studies of the immune response against COVID-19 infection. It suggests vaccination...

It has been an unprecedented year for Kids Research (KR), with more than $70 million committed to new research projects aimed at improving the lives of children suffering from conditions including rare genetic diseases, cancer, heart, kidney and infectious disease. In the past 12 months, more than $49 million in funding has been awarded to researchers from KR and its affiliate partners, Univer...

What is Parechovirus? Parechovirus is similar to the better known enteroviruses – viruses that cause common infectious diseases such as hand, foot and mouth diseases in children. According to research published in the Medical Journal of Australia, epidemics of human parechovirus (HPeV) causing severe disease in young children have occurred every 2 years in Australia since 2013. There are 17...

Researchers at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead are developing a safer way to reduce allergic responses to peanuts in children.  The new trial, led by Professor Dianne Campbell, Head of Allergy & Immunology Research Unit at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, will use peanut doses along with a dietary fibre supplement to train the body to become tolerant to peanut. “We are inte...