AIRWAY STIFFNESS AND BRONCHIAL RESPONSIVENESS

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/211906

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The breathing difficulty experienced by asthmatics occurs because of excessive narrowing in the bronchial tubes or airways. These airways are normally held open by the pressures in the chest during breathing. It is possible that the excessive airway narrowing in asthma occurs because these pressures are no longer effective. This may be due to changes in the airway stiffness which occurs during asthma. The project will involve experts Canada and Australia who have developed new techniques which allow the airways to be seen so that these changes can be measured.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 01-01-2004

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $301,320.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

airway function | airway remodelling | airway smooth muscle | asthma | bronchial hyperresponsiveness | bronchoconstriction | mechanisms | pharmacology | physiology

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