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Cystic Fibrosis
Category: Research
... role of viral infections in the exacerbation of asthma and airways diseases such as COPD and cystic fibrosis is a research strength for ... to eat a high energy diet as the chronic secretions in the airways can impede normal digestion and nutrients are often lost before they ... in asthmatics which may interfere with viruses in the airways, potentially providing some relief for the persistent infections cystic ...
Effect of better asthma management in pregnancy on antiviral responses, atopy and airways inflammation in early childhood
Category: Research
... up to 10% of Australians and is the most common chronic disease complication during pregnancy.  Poor asthma control during ... concentration (FeNO) as a non-invasive surrogate marker for airways inflammation). Bronchiolitis is the most common and severe ... LRTI are associated with a considerable risk to have allergic asthma in childhood, particular when they occur in infants at high ...
Paul Foster
Category: Researcher Profiles
... Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease. He is also a visiting Professor at highly prestigious Universities ... genetic factors can affect the functioning of the lungs and airways and ultimately contribute to the development of respiratory system ... infections. Paul Foster, asthma research, respiratory disease research, VIVA Paul Foster - Asthma and Respiratory Disease ...
Specifically targeting the airways to prevent virus-induced asthma attacks
Category: General
... differentiation and repair and these appear early in disease development. Another finding is that asthmatic epithelium can exhibit ... type-2 immunity: Most children and around 50% of adults have allergic asthma. Type-2 immunity is upregulated in allergic asthma and is ... and activates type-2 immunity leading to increased airways inflammation and worsening of asthma symptoms. We therefore aim to ...
Viruses, Infections / Immunity, Vaccines & Asthma
Category: Research
... and epidemiologists to investigate diseases of the airways. This includes extensive research into the role of infections and ... study into the cellular and molecular aspects of allergic diseases and airways inflammation and also in translational studies ... and the accurate diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). "What we have is diversity and common interest… The way ...
Peter Wark
Category: Researcher Profiles
... Assessment, characterisation and management of difficult airways disease. This includes severe asthma, but I am interested in extending this ... Wark has established a direct link between uncontrolled allergic inflammation and impaired antiviral responses in asthma. He has led a ...
Ming Yang
Category: Researcher Profiles
... is to investigate the role of host innate immunity in allergic and infectious diseases, and to develop better approaches to control ... both the Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease and the VIVA program. His research focuses on the role of the innate ... to treat many inflammatory diseases, especially those of the airways, skin and joints. However, under some conditions inflammation is poorly ...
Adam Collison
Category: Researcher Profiles
... in the mechanisms responsible for the early development of allergic diseases.  Asthma : The development of asthma in early life is ... new treatments and less invasive methods of diagnosis and disease monitoring.  Why did you get into research? Since a young age ... pathways (normal regulators of cell death) in the allergic airways as novel treatment strategies for allergic asthma. Since relocating ...
Nathan Bartlett
Category: Researcher Profiles
... of virus infected airway (epithelial) cells on activation of allergic inflammation understanding how rhinoviruses replicate in airway ... the Section of Virology and more recently within the Airway Disease Infection Section, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. He ... model of  rhinovirus infection and exacerbation of allergic airways disease which generated an immense amount of interest within the media, ...
Asthma research discovers key to treatment resistance
Category: News & Articles
... carry a bacterium called Haemophilus influenzaein their airways,” Professor Hansbro said. “Our research has demonstrated that the combination of allergic airways disease and the Haemophilus influenzae bacteria drives chronic lung infection ...
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