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Professor Moira Clay has taken over the reins of a key international body supporting research administrators and managers across Australia and the Asia Pacific.

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Research by The Kids has shown a significant decline in the risk of birth defects amongst WA children born using Assisted Reproductive Technology.

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Research at Telethon Institute has shown a correlation between brain tumours in young children and their parents' exposure to diesel exhaust fumes before birth.

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Researchers at Telethon Institute have found genetic differences in the rare and aggressive NUT-midline carcinoma, presenting new treatment opportunities.

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Research has discovered the first concrete evidence linking Vitamin D deficiency with poorer lung function and changes in lung growth.

Rett syndrome is a rare but serious neurological disorder that affects about 1 in 9,000 girls. Even more rarely, boys may be affected.

We also wanted to find out whether any particular behaviours were associated with any specific mutation types.

We compared parent/carer-reported physical activities with the number of steps counted by an accelerometer in girls and women with Rett syndrome.

We wanted to find out whether mothers with a child with Rett syndrome who were more physically and mentally healthy had particular characteristics.

This study evaluated sixty-one families' satisfaction following spinal fusion in girls with Rett syndrome.