Category: News & Articles
... identified immune killer cells that are responsible for exacerbating viral infections in people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ... in COPD-affected lung tissue.” These cells, when exposed to viral infections, become overactive quickly and then stop working. The ... means that while the tissue resident immune cells respond to the infection, they do so too aggressively, and then they fail to produce ...
Category: News & Articles
... which line the airways of people with asthma are more susceptible to infection with the cold virus. Researchers found that asthmatic airway cells and immune cells responded poorly to infection with the cold virus. Participants who recorded the greatest ... asthma in adults and children. “It is also possible that recurring viral infections will worsen asthma control, so having an effective ...
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... for participants to take part in a new study on the immune and anti-viral effects of the dietary supplement Lactoferrin. Researchers from ... for participants to take part in a new study on the immune and anti-viral effects of the dietary supplement Lactoferrin. Lactoferrin is a ... the Lactoferrin Supplementation, Immune Function & Respiratory Virus Infection (LIFE) trial which will look for this evidence. “There has ...
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... Associate Professor Nathan Bartlett is quietly working on an anti-viral solution. Associate Professor Bartlett is a viral immunologist who has devoted his career to the interplay between ... of coronavirus for some time. Using our established human airway cell infection model we will be able to quickly determine if our treatment ...
Category: News & Articles
... the common cold. The international Phase 2 trial of a synthetic anti-viral ‘interferon’, inhaled via a nebuliser, proved most effective ... patients with chronic respiratory diseases that suffer from recurring viral infections, including cystic fibrosis and COPD (Chronic ... Hunter New England Health and the community. News & Articles Anti-viral treatment bringing asthmatics in from the cold A new therapy ...
Category: Research
Research To characterise the effect of rhinoviral infection in children ages 7-16 years with an acute exacerbation of ...
Category: Research
Research Respiratory Viral infection induces pulmonary angiogenesis; implications for the ...
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Research Viral infections in the BLT cohort in the first year of life ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
What are your research interests? I am a viral immunologist and fascinated by the interplay between our immune ... replicate in airway epithelial cells to discover new targets for anti-viral treatments and vaccines adapting existing research to deal with ... know that viruses, including coranaviruses, highjack GFRs to support infection, so we're conducting a research project to test whether ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... the immune system. Studying immune responses to bacterial and viral infections both in early-life and adulthood to identify new ... strategies for common infections. Exploring how bacterial and viral infections exacerbate underlying chronic diseases, leading to more ... furthered the understanding of the deleterious effects of infection in early life and how these infections have long-term ...
