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Telethon Adventurers fund new brain tumour research fellowship

The Telethon Adventurers have announced a new research fellowship to investigate the genes involved in childhood brain tumours.

Fathers smoking linked to increased risk of childhood leukaemia

New research from the Telethon Institute has found that children whose father smoked at conception may have a 35% higher risk of developing leukaemia.

How mums talk influences children’s perspective-taking ability

New research shows that kids whose mums talk more frequently about others' thoughts tend to be better at taking another's perspective than other children.

New study shows long term mental health benefits from extended breastfeeding

A new study from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has shown that children who are breastfed for longer than six months have a lower risk

Perth researchers decipher genetic pattern that predicts leukaemia relapse

Cancer researchers at Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research have discovered a genetic pattern that predicts the likelihood of relapse

Continuing the cancer fight

Work by the Institute's Division of Children's Leukaemia and Cancer Research has been recognised with three research grants from the Cancer Council of WA.

New study shows fetal head size could link to autism

Research has found a link between children with larger head measurements in-utero and a subsequent diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as toddlers.

$2 million boost to child development research

Researchers at Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research have been awarded a prestigious Australian Research Council linkage grant

Apache Energy joins Telethon Institute in cancer research partnership

Apache Energy and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research today signed a two-year partnership

Western diet link to ADHD

A new study from Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a 'Western-style' diet in adolescents.