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COVID-19 Update: Perth Lockdown 3 July 2021ORIGINS is moving to virtual appointments and couriers to collect home samples during the June 2021 Perth lockdown.
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Baby's Social and Developmental MilestonesPaediatrician Dr Lana Bell's tips on identifying baby developmental milestones
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Parents be alert but not alarmedThere is no doubt that developmental milestones play a very important role for parents.
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Aveley parents sign up ORIGINSCara and Peter signed up to The ORIGINS Project in 2017 when Cara was only six months pregnant with their first child, Oscar.
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Key milestones delayed as parents spend more time on devicesLeading paediatrician and Co-Director of ORIGINS Professor Desiree Silva says key developmental milestones like smiling are being delayed because parents are spending too much time on devices.
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Enhancing psychological wellbeing in families from pregnancy to infancy
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Epigenomic variability is associated with age-specific naïve CD4 T cell response to activation in infants and adolescentsChildhood is a critical period of immune development. During this time, naïve CD4 T cells undergo programmed cell differentiation, mediated by epigenetic changes, in response to external stimuli leading to a baseline homeostatic state that may determine lifelong disease risk. However, the ontogeny of epigenetic signatures associated with CD4 T cell activation during key developmental periods are yet to be described.
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The impact a Mediterranean Diet in the third trimester of pregnancy has on neonatal body fat percentageMaternal diet during pregnancy has long been recognised as an important determinant of neonatal outcomes and child development. Infant body composition is a potentially modifiable risk factor for predicting future health and metabolic disease.