WEHI's Immunologist Erika Cretney Wins L'Oreal Fellowship WEHI immunologist, Dr Erika Cretney, has been honoured with a L'Oreal Australia For Women in Science Fellowship. Dr Cretney was one of just four Fellowship winners selected by a jury of eminent Australian scientists from a competitive field of 212 nominees. Dr Cretney is studying fascinating cells known in the trade as Tregs - regulatory T cells. These specialised T lymphocytes are critical modulators of the immune system.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPhysical And Sexual Abuse Linked To Asthma In Puerto Rican Kids Children who are physically or sexually abused are more than twice as likely to have asthma as their peers, according to a recent study of urban children in Puerto Rico. In fact, physical and sexual abuse was second only to maternal asthma in all the risk factors tested, including paternal asthma and indicators of socioeconomic status.
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