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Innovative Health Initiative May 6, 2025

👩‍⚕️ For #WorldAsthmaDay, meet the 3TR project! They recently established the first tools to assess how patients respond to severe asthma treatment 🎉

👉 Read the peer-reviewed article: https://publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/65/3/2400691

#IHITransformingHealth #AsthmaResearch #Asthma #HorizonEurope

New scoring systems could help improve severe asthma treatment

Southampton researchers have developed the first patient-centred tools to assess severe asthma treatment.Severe asthma affects around 5-10% of patients with asthma. It can have a significant impact on quality of life, with many patients missing school or work due to the condition.Building understanding of the latest treatments could help improve patient care.The research team have created scoring systems for adults and children with severe asthma. They invited international healthcare profession

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Geekoo Apr 16, 2025

New genetic research sheds light on asthma’s true triggers—and opens the door to personalized treatments. #AsthmaResearch #Genomics #PrecisionMedicine

https://geekoo.news/cracking-the-asthma-code-scientists-zero-in-on-genes-behind-the-condition/

Cracking the Asthma Code: Scientists Zero In on Genes Behind the Condition | Geekoo

Researchers at the University of Chicago have fine-tuned the genetic map of asthma, uncovering distinct risk variants for childhood and adult-onset disease—and reshaping our understanding of its roots.

Geekoo

Erica Hargreave Dec 29, 2023

Delighted to see Paul O'Byrne named to the #OrderOfCanada for his work in #asthma research.

Paul entered the field of #AsthmaResearch as a student of my Dad, Freddy Hargreave's, and continued on to become a valued colleague and a friend of his at the Firestone Clinic at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and McMaster University. Paul - I know Dad would be very, very proud of you, and would be cheering you on with the rest of us. Congratulations!

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/hamiltonians-paul-obyrne-ardyth-brott-named-to-order-of-canada/article_2d7dcfa0-d60c-542d-8c45-6fe0d3da98a5.html

Hamiltonians Paul O'Byrne, Ardyth Brott named to Order of Canada

Richard Wayne Hill Sr., of Oshweken, was given an honorary appointment for his work in Indigenous art history and culture

The Hamilton Spectator