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!!Asthma still kills: Urgent priorities for the international research community to treat, prevent and cure asthma

Following an Asthma UK meeting hosted by the Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub last year, [Asthma UK|https://www.asthma.org.uk] has released a new report __''Asthma still kills: Urgent priorities for the international research community to treat, prevent and cure asthma''__.
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The report, put together by Asthma UK and the many respiratory experts who attended the meeting, identifies urgent priorities for the research community and highlights the need for funding to address these issues.
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The meeting, __''Curing and Preventing asthma; where do we go next?''__ was held at the Hadyn Ellis Building, Cardiff University on 6th November 2018 and was chaired by Academia Europaea member and Founder Chair of the Clinical & Veterinary Section of Academia Europaea, [Professor Stephen Holgate|Member/Holgate_Stephen_Townley] CBE MAE. Delegates specialising in this area of medicine attended from as far as San Francisco.
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Read the [report|Asthma_ae-report-final-approved.pdf].
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[{Image src='asthma02.jpg' caption='Dr Samantha Walker, Deputy Chief Executive, Asthma UK, welcoming the delegates ' height='350' alt='Asthma UK' align='center'}]
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