The Trific research group (www.trific.org) is looking at how a fungal infection, called Aspergillus fumigatus affects people with CF. This fungus is found in the environment, in soil and warm, moist environments, so we breathe it in every day. As an opportunist bug, it settles in mucus trapped in the airways, which is the perfect environment for it to survive. If allowed to grow, Aspergillus can cause acute or chronic infection or an allergic reaction within the airways. We want to understand better how airway disease caused by this fungus affects people with CF, and how the body’s defence system...
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