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A potential breath-borne biomarker for asthma reviewed

Exhaled 8-isoprostane has been used as a marker of inflammation in some asthma studies but more work is required if this biomarker is to make the leap into clinical use...
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3rd Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research Annual Scientific Meeting

Thank you to all who attended and presented at the 3rd AUKCAR Annual Scientific Meeting back in November 2016. Held in Edinburgh, the meeting hosted Centre members from across 15...
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BTS winter meeting 2016: PPI Lead presents on positive experience of personalised care

Personalised Care: A patient perspective at the BTS Winter Meeting 2016
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New findings from the PLEASANT study

A simple letter reminder can help reduce unscheduled hospital and GP visits after the return to school in children with asthma
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Blue inhalers save lives – standard colour needed to prevent asthma deaths

Patients’ lives could be put at risk if pharmaceutical companies stray away from the widely recognised colour coding of inhalers used to treat asthma.
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PRISMS – Practical systematic Review of Self-Management Support for long-term conditions

Professors Steph Taylor and Hilary Pinnock, members of the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, led a large review of evidence for supported self-management, across a range of conditions that included asthma.
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Midlothian Science Festival – Science Alive Gala Day 2016

A great day out for over 300 people who came to visit – and a great day for our demonstrators who enjoyed helping families measure their peak flow readings on our science festival stand.
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Centre member talks to Respiratory Futures about crowdsourcing study ‘My Asthma Story’

My Asthma Story – led by PPI Research Fellow, Melissa Goodbourn – is a study aiming to collect people’s ideas about what works for them in preventing asthma attacks.
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ARRISA-UK: At Risk Registers Integrated into primary care to Stop Asthma crises in the UK

Professor Andrew Wilson is working with the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research to deliver the ARRISA-UK study – a cluster randomised practice based study designed to help people at risk of experiencing asthma exacerbations.
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PhD student Io Hui has first paper published
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PhD student Io Hui has first paper published

Congratulations to AUKCAR PhD student Io Hui who has her first paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
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