Category: Research
Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are the two major chronic respiratory diseases in Australia, with the incidence of asthma among the highest in ...
Category: News & Articles
... iron build up in the lung cells and tissues and the severity of asthma. A new study, led by Jay Horvat , Associate Professor of ... develop new approaches into therapies for asthma and other rare lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. “We still know so ... patient outcomes.” This study was published in the European Respiratory Journal . The study was partially funded by Cystic Fibrosis ...
Category: General
... which are white blood cells that fight infection. In some respiratory patients, neutrophils persist in the airways and cause poor ... and paradigm-shifting observations have helped change the way asthma is clinically defined and treated. New and novel targeted ... to the understanding of asthma, and has application to other airway diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ...
Category: News & Articles
... of clinical development of both novel and old drugs for a variety of diseases and has developed a collaboration with Leiden University using ... on nutritional modulation of inflammatory airways diseases, such asthma. There is great consumer interest in dietary approaches to asthma ... Wood to develop an Internationally respected reputation in the Respiratory community. With over 130 peer-reviewed manuscripts, with 62 ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... University of Newcastle and a Senior Staff Specialist in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Sleep Medicine at the John Hunter Children’s ... in babies. It is a strong risk factor for the development of asthma in infants with asthmatic parents. We have identified the ... for your research? We have seen enormous advances in knowledge how diseases develop and progress. The challenge is now however to develop ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... how infections in early childhood promote the development of chronic diseases such as asthma, emphysema and diabetes. Understanding how the lung develops and ... life and how these infections have long-term consequences for the respiratory and immune systems. More recently Dr Starkey has modeled ...
Category: News & Articles
An asthma management study developed by University of Newcastle ... Professor Peter Gibson and Heather Powell has now confirmed that respiratory risk factors are at play beyond a genetic predisposition. ... rate, with 1.5 per cent compared to 11 per cent. Combined for both diseases, it was just 3 per cent for the FeNO group versus 26 per cent ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... the common cold virus (rhinovirus) causes exacerbations of chronic respiratory conditions such as asthma and COPD the involvement of virus infected airway (epithelial) ... become clear that viruses play a crucial role in chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma. The relationship between virus and man is ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... are your research interests? Pregnancy and the maternal immune system Respiratory viral infections during pregnancy Asthma during pregnancy Conditions related to women's health and ... by an RHD student. Another publication, in the Journal of Infectious Diseases , led to an interview and article with “Respiratory ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... and molecular mechanisms that drive the evolution and progression of asthma and respiratory infections. My work aims to provide a solid basis for the ... of new treatments and understandings of a range of respiratory diseases. Why did you get into research? To discover fundamental ...
