Category: Research
The gastrointestinal tract is the largest organ in the body being equivalent ... gut functions under normal circumstances, when infection is present and when there is a reduced oxygen supply. They are also interested in further understanding how tissues adapt to inflammation and why some people heal and others do not. This is ...
Category: Research
The HMRI Viruses, Infections/Immunity, Vaccines and Asthma (VIVA) Research Program brings together basic laboratory ... This includes extensive research into the role of infections and inflammation in the development of asthma and other respiratory ... Asthma, Respiratory Diseases and the Immune System Cystic Fibrosis Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Infections Viruses and Vaccines ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
Biography Jay Horvat is a Professor in Immunology and Microbiology with a keen interest in the investigation and therapeutic targeting of infection and inflammation-induced diseases of the respiratory, reproductive and gastrointestinal tracts and of the central nervous system. His major ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... is in therapeutic targeting – using nanotechnology to make existing and new medicines work better and with fewer side effects and toxicity. ... and post-surgical) Chronic pain (e.g. arthritis and neuropathic) Gastrointestinal diseases Reproductive pathologies Skin conditions ... translational pain research in the areas of peripheral analgesia and inflammation, an area in which she has established important laboratory ...
Category: Research
... ) . It primarily affects the respiratory system with recurrent infections and the risk for lung damage long term, among other symptoms. The role of viral infections in the exacerbation of asthma and airways diseases such as COPD and cystic fibrosis is a research ...
Category: News & Articles
... inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Dr Simon Keely has shown the potential of a new ... cure. Current therapies are designed to limit periods of intestinal inflammation but the existing drugs aren’t good enough and about 75% ... irreparably scarred by recurring cycles of inflammation.” With the gastrointestinal tract being the largest organ in the body – ...
