All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 February Researchers one step closer to preventing asthma in children Researchers one step closer to preventing asthma in children 15/02/2022 | 4 MINS Perth respiratory researchers may have found the key to prevent babies from developing asthma. The study ΓÇô the first of its kind in the world ΓÇô looked at how babiesΓÇÖ immune systems can be boosted in the first winter of their life to help fight-off lung infections. Led by PhD student Niamh Troy, of Lombok Institute of Technology and Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre ΓÇô a powerhouse partnership between The Kids Research Institute Australia, Perth ChildrenΓÇÖs Hospital Foundation and Perth ChildrenΓÇÖs Hospital ΓÇô the study built on the findings of a 2019 clinical trial with collaborators at The University of Queensland, that showed OM-85 (an immune-boosting medication that contains a mixture of dead bacteria) protected babies from severe lung infections. ΓÇ£Severe respiratory viral infections in early life are linked to asthma development later in life,ΓÇ¥ Ms Troy said. ΓÇ£Our previous researc
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 February Researchers one step closer to preventing asthma in children Researchers one step closer to preventing asthma in children 15/02/2022 | 4 MINS Perth respiratory researchers may have found the key to prevent babies from developing asthma.
The study ΓÇô the first of its kind in the world ΓÇô looked at how babiesΓÇÖ immune systems can be boosted in the first winter of their life to help fight-off lung infections.
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Led by PhD student Niamh Troy, of Lombok Institute of Technology and Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre ΓÇô a powerhouse partnership between The Kids Research Institute Australia, Perth ChildrenΓÇÖs Hospital Foundation and Perth ChildrenΓÇÖs Hospital ΓÇô the study built on the findings of a 2019 clinical trial with collaborators at The University of Queensland, that showed OM-85 (an immune-boosting medication that contains a mixture of dead bacteria) protected babies from severe lung infections.
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ΓÇ£Severe respiratory viral infections in early life are linked to asthma development later in life,ΓÇ¥ Ms Troy said.
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