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$13.5 million research win for a healthier future
Research aimed at combating breast and prostate cancer, identifying the underlying causes of early onset Alzheimer’s disease, and improving the lifetime health of embryos used in IVF – these are just some of the new projects at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide that have won more than $13.5 million in federal funding today.
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SA vaccinology update – videos now available
The 2016 SA Vaccinology Update was held on Wednesday 16th December at the National Wine Centre. This event was co-hosted by the Robinson Research Institute, SAHMRI, SA Health and the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Network.
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2016 new memberships
This year the RRI was accepted as members of three new associations. These memberships will help to progress our world leading research through increased collaboration and opportunities.
Platypus venom could hold key to diabetes treatment
ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n researchers have discovered remarkable evolutionary changes to insulin regulation in two of the nation’s most iconic native animal species – the platypus and the echidna – which could pave the way for new treatments for type 2 diabetes in humans.
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Making babies in the 21st century – let’s talk about sex!
The RRI hosted the public forum Making babies in the 21st Century – Let’s talk about sex!
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Bed, birth and beyond
Yesterday, the RRI co-hosted a GP training session in collaboration with Fertility SA at Adelaide Oval titled Bed, Birth and Beyond: Women’s health, conception, pregnancy and further.
Winter conception increases mum’s diabetes risk
Research led by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide has found that women whose babies are conceived in winter are more likely to develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy, increasing a range of risk factors for both child and mother.
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Drug shows promise for preventing preterm birth
Researchers from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide have successfully tested a drug that is showing some early promise in efforts to prevent pre-term birth.
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Introduce eggs and peanuts early in infants’ diets to reduce the risk of allergies
In the 1970s, when we were in school, food allergies were rare. But ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n children now have the highest rate of food allergy in the world. Up to one in ten infants and two in ten school-aged children have a proven food allergy.
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