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... and genetic factors can affect the functioning of the lungs and airways and ultimately contribute to the development of respiratory ... and respiratory infections. Paul Foster, asthma research, respiratory disease research, VIVA Paul Foster - Asthma and Respiratory Disease Researcher Paul Foster ...
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... future research is to investigate the role of host innate immunity in allergic and infectious diseases, and to develop better approaches to ... in both the Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease and the VIVA program. His research focuses on the role of the ... widely to treat many inflammatory diseases, especially those of the airways, skin and joints. However, under some conditions inflammation is ...
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... interested in the mechanisms responsible for the early development of allergic diseases. Asthma : The development of asthma in early life is ... developing new treatments and less invasive methods of diagnosis and disease monitoring. Why did you get into research? Since a young age I ... signalling pathways (normal regulators of cell death) in the allergic airways as novel treatment strategies for allergic asthma. Since ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... of virus infected airway (epithelial) cells on activation of allergic inflammation understanding how rhinoviruses replicate in airway ... within the Section of Virology and more recently within the Airway Disease Infection Section, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. ... a model of rhinovirus infection and exacerbation of allergic airways disease which generated an immense amount of interest within the ...