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Man testing breathing function by spirometry - stock photo

Routine asthma test more reliable in the morning and has seasonal effects

12 Mar 2025

A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, Cambridge researchers have...

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Dimensional Lungs

Identification of ‘violent’ processes that cause wheezing could lead to better diagnosis and treatment for lung disease

24 Feb 2021

A team of engineers has identified the ‘violent’ physical processes at work inside the lungs which cause wheezing, a condition that affects up to a...

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Switching to ‘green’ inhalers could reduce carbon emissions and cut costs, study suggests

30 Oct 2019

Many current inhalers for conditions such as asthma contain propellants that are potent greenhouse gases. A study from researchers at the University...

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Breathing new life into asthma treatment

05 Oct 2017

Ian Hosking from Cambridge’s Engineering Design Centre is co-founder and co-leader of Designing Our Tomorrow, a collaboration between the Department...

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Student-led designs could help prevent childhood asthma deaths

10 Jul 2017

Solutions designed by secondary school students as part of an innovative classroom design and technology programme could help reduce the number of...

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Structure of the MMP8 protein. Based on PyMOL rendering of PDB 1a85

Moonlighting molecules: finding new uses for old enzymes

26 Nov 2015

A collaboration between the University of Cambridge and MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, has led...

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