Category: News & Articles
... and HMRI are looking into whether a high-fibre diet can reduce airway inflammation in people with asthma. Respiratory researchers from the ... and HMRI are looking into whether a high-fibre diet can reduce airway inflammation in people with asthma. Associate Professor Lisa Wood ...
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... of Newcastle, points for the first time to a link between a form of airway inflammation called neutrophilia and the sex hormone oestrogen in obese ... of Newcastle, points for the first time to a link between a form of airway inflammation called neutrophilia and the sex hormone oestrogen in ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... and dysregulation of asthma, respiratory diseases and chronic inflammation. Laureate Professor Foster is a Professor and Chair of ... works in the field of respiratory research and how conditions such as inflammation, infection, immune responses and genetic factors can affect ... team, Laureate Professor Foster has developed several models of airway diseases so they can interrogate different aspects of ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... in the investigation and therapeutic targeting of infection and inflammation-induced diseases of the respiratory, reproductive and ... His major focus is on asthma and respiratory diseases. Excessive inflammation and dysregulated immune responses play a key role in asthma ... in order to discover new cost-effective methods for controlling inflammation in a range of different diseases with a focus on ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... conditions such as asthma and COPD the involvement of virus infected airway (epithelial) cells on activation of allergic inflammation understanding how rhinoviruses replicate in airway epithelial cells to discover new targets for anti-viral ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... group has developed expertise in identifying respiratory viruses in airway secretions and developing an in-vitro cell culture model of infection. The role of the airway epithelium in innate immunity and inflammation in the context of asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis and ...
Category: News & Articles
... have helped demonstrate the benefits of a fibre-rich diet in reducing airway inflammation and curbing the onset of asthma in both pregnant mothers ... have helped demonstrate the benefits of a fibre-rich diet in reducing airway inflammation and curbing the onset of asthma in both pregnant ...
Category: Research
... This includes extensive research into the role of infections and inflammation in the development of asthma and other respiratory ... the cellular and molecular aspects of allergic diseases and airways inflammation and also in translational studies aiming to improve the ... Diseases and the Immune System Cystic Fibrosis Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Infections Viruses and Vaccines Research Viruses, ...
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... clinical trial led by HMRI, using an antibiotic tablet to fight inflammation. Severe asthma attacks were reduced by 40 per cent in a ... examining the innovative use of an antibiotic tablet to fight inflammation. A low daily dosage of Azithromycin, a macrolide ... the eosinophil cell, the antibiotic therapy is designed to reduce inflammation caused by a different cell, called a neutrophil. These help ...
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... such as COPD and asthma typically suffer from inflamed airways. The airway tissue becomes swollen and hypersensitive, excess mucus is ... soluble fibre and antioxidants, that have been shown to reduce inflammation in the airways. Dietary fibre reduces lung inflammation ... specific receptors on the surface of immune cells , which suppress airway inflammation . We have shown a single dose of soluble fibre ...
