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... for four weeks can improve immune function and protect against virus infection in older adults. So what is it and what does it do? Here ... which may improve immune function and protect against virus infection. If you would like to find out more about lactoferrin or ...
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... isolation. The majority of asthma and COPD flares are caused by viral infection, and with a novel virus circulating, these patients were at ... are likely to appear, and this means we need better ways of treating viral induced flare ups of asthma and COPD. This is what drove me to ...
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... in mediating the susceptibility of pregnant women to influenza infection. He was part of a team that has contributed to identifying a ... during both seasonal and pandemic influenza, as well as other viral and bacterial infections. Concepts and data generated by Dr Tolosa ...
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... in early life is strongly linked to susceptibility to respiratory viral infections. I am interested in understanding the nature of this ... treatments. paediatrics, asthma, food allergy, allergy, immunology, viral exacerbations of asthma, eosinophilic oesohpagitis, eoe, TRAIL, ...
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... a keen interest in the investigation and therapeutic targeting of infection and inflammation-induced diseases of the respiratory, ... affects the pathogenesis and susceptibility to bacterial and viral infection in lung diseases such as asthma, emphysema/COPD and idiopathic ...
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... directly to the respiratory tract, the new therapy aims to block viral infection at the source whereas traditional cold remedies only dampen ... investment firm Brandon Capital Partners. University of Newcastle viral immunologist Dr Nathan Bartlett will collaborate with Innavac and ...
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... antibodies in their blood that could only have been generated by infection. The reliance on home rapid antigen tests (RATs), which are ... Under ideal testing conditions , the best tests detect SARS-CoV-2 infection more than 95% of the time. However, in the real world, the ... has proven itself to be particularly adept at evolving to generate viral variants that can evade our established immune protection. In ...
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Anti-viral Dietary Supplement for Immune Health: LIFE Trial Are you aged 50 ... which may improve immune function and protect against virus infection. Why is the research being done? Lactoferrin is a well-known anti-viral and anti-bacterial protein that previous research has shown can ...
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... for COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for anti-viral therapies to treat respiratory virus infections . With a vaccine ... repurposing (using clinically approved drugs which also have anti-viral activity) offers hope in fast-tracking therapies to possibly treat ... infections. Viruses, including coronaviruses, hijack GFRs to support infection. They suggest that repurposing existing oncologic drugs could ...
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... for a first-in-class nasal spray to protect people from respiratory viral diseases such as COVID-19 and influenza. Encouraging preliminary ... for a first-in-class nasal spray to protect people from respiratory viral diseases such as COVID-19 and influenza. Hunter Medical Research ... the airways to more rapidly and effectively respond to a viral infection,” Associate Prof Bartlett said. “HMRI’s proof of concept ...