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Lung study helps history-making generation get a handle on their healthA lung function study carried out by Dr Shannon Simpson provided the most comprehensive follow-up of very pre-term children of any study so far carried out on the lung health of this vulnerable group.
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Distinguishing benign from pathologic TH2 immunity in atopic childrenIn addition to its role in blocking TH2 effector activation in the late-phase allergic response, IL-10 is a known IgG1 switch factor
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Disruption of β-catenin/CBP signaling inhibits human airway epithelial-mesenchymal transition and repair.The airway epithelium of both children and adults with asthma is relatively undifferentiated characterized by a significantly increased proportion of...
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Pressurised metered dose inhaler-spacer technique in young children improves with video instructionRepeated video instruction over time improves inhaler technique in young children
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Effects of human rhinovirus on epithelial barrier integrity and function in children with asthmaThis study demonstrates novel intrinsic differences in tight junctions gene and protein expression between airway epithelial cells of children with and without asthma
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Clinical characteristics of eosinophilic asthma exacerbationsEosinophilic asthma exacerbations may be clinically more severe than non-eosinophilic exacerbation
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Reducing the asthma burden: generous grant secured to develop world-first treatmentResearchers developing a world-first treatment that targets an underlying cause of asthma have secured a $499,640 grant from the Future Health, Research and Innovation Fund – Innovation Seed Fund.
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Environmental Factors in Children's Asthma and Respiratory EffectsAsthma is more common in childhood than in adulthood and is more correctly thought of as a syndrome than as a discrete condition.
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Every Thursday: Discussion & Technical Seminar SeriesImproving health outcomes for pregnant women with allergic asthma and their babies: Thursday 22nd May.
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Trying to beat asthma caused by exerciseProfessor Graham Hall is leading a study looking at exercise-related asthma in young children, and we need volunteers to take part.