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UAB Wins Grant to Study Effects of Fungi on Asthma
Infection Control Today Many persons with asthma are also allergic to common fungi and mold, and a reaction to those allergens can exacerbate asthma symptoms. Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham have received a $1.75 million, four-year grant from the … |
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UAB wins grant to study effects of fungi on asthma
UAB News “The overarching goal of this research is to identify mechanisms associated with the recognitionof fungi that contribute to the severity of fungal asthma,” said Chad Steele, Ph.D., professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care … |
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UAB Wins Grant to Study Effects of Fungi on Asthma
Newswise (press release) Newswise — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Many persons with asthma are also allergic to common fungi and mold, and a reaction to those allergens can exacerbate asthma symptoms. Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham have received a … |
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Asthma May Be Linked To Specific Forms Of Fungi Living In The Lungs
RTT News For the study, lead researcher Hugo van Woerden and his team analyzed the fungi in mucus from participants with and without asthma. They found a total 136 different species of fungi living within the lungs of all participants. Ninety of those species … |
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Fungi In Lungs May Hold Asthma Treatment Clues
Medical News Today There was a time when we assumed the insides of our lungs were devoid of life, apart from our own cells helping us breathe. But now we learn that the lung is home to a wide range of organisms, including fungi. A new study finds that people with asthma … Discovery could help future asthma sufferers |
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Fungi Offers New Clues in Asthma Fight
Science Daily (press release) By examining the mucus or sputum of patients with and without asthma, the team found some 136 different fungal species with 90 fungal species more common in asthma patients and 46 were more common in healthy individuals. Having established the … Fungi In Lungs May Hold Asthma Treatment Clues Discovery could help future asthma sufferers |
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Asthma sufferers have more lung fungi
Futurity: Research News Having established the presence of fungi in the lungs of patients with asthma, researchers now hope this could lead to new lines of research and eventually, better treatments for sufferers. "In the future it is conceivable that individual patients may … Discovery could help future asthma sufferers |
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Differences in fungi present in induced sputum samples from asthma patients …
7thSpace Interactive (press release) There is emerging evidence for the presence of an extensive microbiota in human lungs. It is not known whether variations in the prevalence of species of microbiota in the lungs may have aetiological significance in respiratory conditions such as asthma. |
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Caterpillar fungi may benefit asthma patients
News-Medical.net Research shows that cordycepin, extracted from a group of rare parasitic caterpillar fungi of the genus Cordyceps, has unusual anti-inflammatory properties that may make it a good candidate for treating conditions such as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. Tibet mushroom may hold key for asthmatics |
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Think Fungi in Cases of Poorly Controlled Asthma
Family Practice News Digital Network SAN FRANCISCO – Underlying pulmonary fungal colonization or infection may be the reason that some children with severe asthma don't respond fully to … |
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