News & Events
Newsletters & Reports
In the Portex Newsletter we would like to provide an opportunity to share news, achievements and opportunities for research and teaching across the multi-disciplinary, inter-related themes encompassed within the Portex Unit.
- Issue 1 (Autumn 2008) - pdf - opens in a new window
- Issue 2 (Spring 2009) - pdf - opens in a new window
- Issue 3 (2010) - pdf - opens in a new window
- Issue 4 (2011) - pdf - opens in a new window
- Issue 5 (2012) - pdf - opens in a new window
Annual Reports
- Annual Report 2008-9 - pdf - opens in a new window
- Annual Report 2010-11 - pdf - opens in a new window
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Press Releases
- New global benchmarks to measure lung function (September 2012)
- Experts climbed mountain to study effects of low levels of oxygen on bodies (June 2012)
- Mending Broken Hearts: Extreme Endurance (November 2011)
- Nature and severity of lung function abnormalities in extremely pre-term children at 11 years of age (May 2011)
- Study sheds light on lung health of premature babies (May 2010)
- Early origins of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? (October 2010)
- link to Italian TV video showing the Margherita Hut and interview with Dan Martin during the recent Xtreme Alps expedition in August 2010, click here (October 2010)
- Bridging the asthma divide (October 2010)
- Pinpointing wheezy kids at greatest asthma risk (July 2010)
- Researchers are figuring out the links between early childhood wheezing and asthma: When multiple things trigger a preschooler's wheezing, watch out for potential asthma (June 2010)
- The Asthma UK Growth Chart Initiative (June 2010)
- Childhood pulmonary function patterns reverse in adolescence (April 2010)
- Extremely preterm babies face long-term lung deficits (April 2010)
- Medicine reaches new heights (April 2010)
- Asthma chart may catch cases early (September 2009)
- Landmark tool in the fight against asthma (September 2009)
- Fresh help for doctors to chart childhood asthma (September 2009)
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