Search
Research
Study protocol for the Australian autism biobank: an international resource to advance autism discovery researchThe Australian Autism Biobank was initiated to establish a large-scale repository of biological samples and detailed clinical information about children diagnosed with ASD
Research
Can polymorphisms in the fatty acid desaturase (FADS) gene cluster alter the effects of fish oil supplementation on plasma and erythrocyte fatty acid profiles?Supplementation with fish oil may only significantly increase DHA in minor allele carriers of FADS1 SNPs
Research
How body composition influences hearing status by mid-childhood and mid-life: The Longitudinal Study of Australian ChildrenConcurrent adiposity and decade-long BMI trajectories showed small, but clear, associations with poor hearing in mid-life women
Research
Trajectories of childhood immune development and respiratory health relevant to asthma and allergyOur findings demonstrate the utility of unsupervised analysis in elucidating heterogeneity in asthma pathogenesis
Research
Measuring the capacity of active video games for social interaction: The Social Interaction Potential Assessment toolThe Social Interaction Potential Assessment tool can assess Active Video Games potential to facilitate social interaction among players
The Western Australian Epithelial Research Program (WAERP) biobank is undertaking a number of research projects intended to improve the understanding and preclinical assessment of therapeutics for respiratory conditions.
News & Events
AERIAL allergy and asthma study celebrates recruitment of final babyThe AERIAL study, in partnership with The ORIGINS Project, endeavours to understand if exposures during pregnancy and early life can affect the cells lining the airways in newborns, and whether this is associated with the development of wheeze, allergy and asthma later in childhood.
News & Events
Boosting mums’ immunity could save newborns from deadly respiratory virusesPerth respiratory researchers have discovered that giving an immune booster to mothers during pregnancy could increase their newborns’ resistance to severe and life-threatening respiratory viral infections.
START Phage WA was formed to pave the way towards treating AMR infections with phage therapy in Western Australia.
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Mitigates the Inhibition of Airway Epithelial Cell Repair by Neutrophil Elastase Abstract Neutrophil elastase (NE) activity is