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Our research impact

We're Asthma + Lung UK, and we're leading the fight for healthy lungs. Every year, with the help of our supporters, we fund groundbreaking studies – transforming how lung conditions are prevented, diagnosed and treated. 

Thanks to supporters like you, we've funded vital projects across asthma, COPD and more – leading to breathing breakthroughs that revolutionise treatments and save lives.

Today's treatments haven't taken us far enough. Together, we can push for better.

Funding over 1000 researchers

110 research projects

£100 million into research

Our work in research

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Our funded research

We fund researchers across the country to better understand how we can prevent, diagnose and treat lung conditions. Find out more about what we've worked on together in 2023-24.
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Pushing for better research into lung conditions

Find out how Asthma + Lung UK is shaping the future of lung health through a bold research strategy, national collaboration and long-term goals to transform diagnosis, prevention and treatment of lung conditions.
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Involving people with lived experience in research

Learn about Asthma + Lung UK’s initiative that helps researchers shape their work through the lived experiences of people with lung conditions, making respiratory research more relevant, accessible and impactful.
Professor James Chalmers

Since I began working in bronchiectasis, I’ve done everything I possibly can to raise the profile of the disease and to bring new investigators and scientists into the field. It’s so exciting to see the progress we’re achieving and it's only thanks to the generous donations of Asthma + Lung UK supporters.

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Research

Why do the lungs age faster in COPD and how can we slow it down?

We know the lungs of people with COPD age faster than in other people. Dr Justine Devulder is trying to find out why, and whether this can help find new treatments to slow down the progression of COPD.
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Could laughter be the best medicine for bronchiectasis?

Can we make treatment fun for people living with bronchiectasis? Dr Arietta Spinou is trying to find out.
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What’s the link between bacteria and IPF and how can it unlock new treatments?

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lung condition that causes scarring in the lungs. Professor Philip Molyneux at Imperial College London is looking at why people with IPF have more bacteria in the lungs and how understanding this can help us develop new treatments.

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