Category: Research
... interested in further understanding how tissues adapt to inflammation and why some people heal and others do not.
This is ... samples, this group is able to study different aspects of inflammation in the gut and trial new drugs and therapies to treat such ... this group have successfully shown that they can reduce inflammation and promote healing which is of critical importance to patients ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... to whether a disease resolves or progresses to chronic inflammation.
How gastrointestinal inflammation contributes to disease in other organs.
How the metabolic ... the microbiome and contribute to food allergy.
How intestinal inflammation and metabolism can influence the development of ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... pain research in the areas of peripheral analgesia and inflammation, an area in which she has established important laboratory models ... and publications in the field of pain, pharmaceutics, and inflammation.
In 2015, Associate Professor Hua was awarded the HMRI Award ...
therapeutics
diagnostics
preclinical studies
inflammation
acute pain
chronic pain
pain
opioids
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Category: News & Articles
... be more activated. The heightened activation leads to subtle inflammation of the gut, which leads to FGID, pain and more alterations in gut ...
Category: Research
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetically-inherited life-shortening chronic illness affecting young Australians today. A baby is born with cystic fibrosis every four days (Source – Better Health Channel). It primarily affects the respiratory system with recurrent infections and the risk for lung damage long term, among other symptoms.
Category: Research
... colon and/or ileum. It characterised by repeated episodes of intestinal inflammation leading to tissue damage, intestinal remodelling and fibrosis. There is no cure for CD and treatment ...
Category: News & Articles
... no cure. Current therapies are designed to limit periods of intestinal inflammation but the existing drugs aren’t good enough and about 75% of ... that have been irreparably scarred by recurring cycles of inflammation.”
With the gastrointestinal tract being the largest organ in ...
Category: Research
... disease (IBD) is characterised by chronic, immune-mediated inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and encompasses a number of ... to ensure the epithelial barrier is repaired. During chronic inflammation of the gut such as in seen in IBD, the mucosal tissue undergoes ... inflammatory state. The mucosal damage associated with IBD inflammation also creates a microenvironment with relatively low oxygen levels ...
Category: Research
... response ranging from mild rashes, to gastrointestinal inflammation to life-threatening systemic responses (anaphylaxis). Recent evidence suggests that disruption of the intestinal microbiome may influence the development of food allergy. This study will examine the role of antibiotic disruption of the intestinal microbiome in the progression and pathogenesis of food allergy. Is ...
Category: Research
... includes extensive research into the role of infections and inflammation in the development of asthma and other respiratory problems, ... and molecular aspects of allergic diseases and airways inflammation and also in translational studies aiming to improve the treatment ... System
Cystic Fibrosis
Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Infections
Viruses and Vaccines
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