The new study, involving scientists from the University鈥檚 , will use fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) as a model to assess the function of asthma genes.
, who will lead the study, comments: 鈥淯nderstanding how these genes work is the key to unlocking how asthma develops in young children and will ultimately allow us to develop therapies that prevent asthma, rather than treat its symptoms.
The Southampton team, which includes Drs , 补苍诲听, will work with Professor Thomas Roeder from the University of Kiel in Germany.
The study is funded by The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) under the call for 鈥楴on-mammalian models for asthma research鈥�, which aims to fund studies that reduces the need for animal research.
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