<![CDATA[The Aspergillus website - updates]]> <![CDATA[A new version of last week's Patients Meeting Q & A session with Livingstone Chishimba. The last version wasn't working correctly and has now been replaced.]]> Patients website]]> <![CDATA[Do fungal infections kill as many people each year as tuberculosis or malaria? Meghna Sachdev chats with Gordon Brown, one of the authors of the editorial 'Tackling Human Fungal Infections,' to find out just how serious these infections are - and why we don't know more about them. Listen to the debate here:]]> Education section]]> <![CDATA[The Patients Support Meeting at the National Aspergillosis Centre,Manchester, UK. Dr Livingstone Chishimba holds a Question & Answer session]]> Patients website]]> <![CDATA[Why Did the Dinosaurs Die Out? Fungi May Hold the Key]]> Aspergillus Blog]]> <![CDATA[Pink Sculpture to Highlight Fungal Disease]]> Aspergillus Blog]]> <![CDATA[Patients Support Meeting - ISSE & damp homes]]> Aspergillus Blog]]> <![CDATA[Newsbite: Aspergillosis Study Day at the National Aspergillosis Centre]]> Aspergillus Blog]]> <![CDATA[Patenting Genes - a description of a dilemma]]> Aspergillus Blog]]> <![CDATA[Tanzania Launches Major Research into the Effects of Mycotoxins on its Population]]> Aspergillus Blog]]> <![CDATA[Fungal Infections a Threat to All Life Forms]]> Aspergillus Blog]]> <![CDATA[Newsbite: Antifungal Market Predictions 2017]]> Aspergillus Blog]]> <![CDATA[New Aspergillus Newsletter published]]> Newsletters]]> <![CDATA[New group supporting patients involvement in research]]> Patients website]]> <![CDATA[Latest Slideshare presentation of our Aspergillosis Patient Support meeting is now available]]> Patients website]]> <![CDATA[Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health: The past two decades have seen an increasing number of virulent infectious diseases in natural populations and managed landscapes. In both animals and plants, an unprecedented number of fungal and fungal-like diseases have recently caused some of the most severe die-offs and extinctions ever witnessed in wild species, and are jeopardizing food security. Human activity is intensifying fungal disease dispersal by modifying natural environments and thus creating new opportunities for evolution. We argue that nascent fungal infections will cause increasing attrition of biodiversity, with wider implications for human and ecosystem health, unless steps are taken to tighten biosecurity worldwide.]]> Review section]]> <![CDATA[New Antifungal Strategy: Nanotechnology]]> Aspergillus Blog]]> <![CDATA[I am pleased to announce that Livingstone Chishimba has agreed to hold our second Question & Answer session at our next Aspergillosis Support Meeting on May 3rd. Livingstone held a similar session last year and it was a great success. He is one of our Fellowship doctors which means he is a specialist in chest medicine and regularly carried out bronchoscopy's for example. Everyone will be able to listen in on the internet or watch a recording. If you listen 'live' you will be able to ask questions via our chat facility, or respond asking for more details - this works all over the world not just UK! All we need now are questions! Last time we did this we got a range of questions - perhaps you didn't hear the answers? Perhaps you have follow-on questions after one of your was answered last time? Perhaps you have new questions? Send your questions in to me here in this thread and we will try to put them all to Livingston on the day. No matter what the question is - big or small ask away! Graham Atherton ]]> Patients website]]> <![CDATA[The Aspergillosis Support Group Meeting will take place at 1pm BST today. Everyone is welcome to watch and chat & ask questions]]> Patients website]]> <![CDATA[Tuesday, 1st May 2012 Practical Allergy in Primary Care Day Allergic disease has increased dramatically over the last 20 to 30 years and GPs are ideally placed to manage this surge of disease which affects multiple organ systems: gastrointestinal, skin, respiratory and ENT. This interactive study afternoon will take a practical look at the management of a wide range of allergic disease in primary care with the aim of increasing knowledge and confidence when advising patients. A variety of talks will be delivered by some of the UK's leading allergy experts.]]> Courses and Workshops section]]> <![CDATA[Tuesday, 1st May 2012 Anti IgE Day - A Practical Guide This study morning aims to take a highly practical approach to the use of Anti-IgE in the management of asthma and other allergic disease. Places at this event are restricted to ensure an interactive workshop approach, with both Adult and Paediatric aspects considered, therefore book early to avoid disappointment.]]> Courses and Workshops section]]>