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The Aspergillus website - additions and developments

With regard to the Aspergillus website

(http://www.aspergillus.org.uk) there have been several developments

since the last update.

Articles: As usual we have a long list of new articles – 45 additions

and a total of nearly 800 articles on the subjects of Aspergillus and

aspergillosis.

Diagnosis: A new subsection on the immunohistohemical detection of

aspergillus species has been added -immunohistochemistry

Images: Several new images have been added to the image library

(registration with this website is required before viewing these

images:

· the use of the Yamik catheter for rinsing nasal and

paranasal cavities, can be seen in the sinus section .

· post mortem from a patient who suffered fatal haemoptysis

following a double lung transplant. Patient was found to have acute

invasive aspergillosis.

· patient suffering from ankle oedema as a side effect of

itraconazole treatment have been added to the medical image section

of the image library (drug rashes and side effects) .

Air Quality: Towards healthy indoor air in dwellings in europe. The

THADE report - analysis of the problem and recommendations for action

(THADE Report – 1.9Mb pdf file).

New Species: Images of the recently described species Aspergillus

ibericus- a new species in the A. nigri section can be found in the

image bank under 'species'. Details of the new species are in the

process of being added to the Species Database .

New Drugs: FDA approves Posaconazole (Noxafil) to Prevent Invasive

Fungal Infections – see the announcement here.

RSS: If you have recently been updated to Internet Explorer 7 (it is

happening automatically over the next few weeks for people using the

autoupdate function of the Windows Operating System) then you can now

see the power of RSS newsfeeds in a very simple way. Click on one of

our links at http://www.aspergillus.org.uk/links/RSSfeed.php (there

are 2 new links that will update you on the latest additions to

PubMed for Aspergillosis and Aspergillus) and the new RSS reader

incorporated in IE7 will present the results for you completely

automatically.

Conferences: Three presentations from the recent ICAAC conference can

be viewed in the Educational materials section. NOTE: We are now

listing conferences for 2008 and 2009, so please send details of any

conferences you may know of to aspergillus@....

History section: We have a series of papers that describe the first

controlled randomised clinical trial . This is how clinical trials

are run to this day – and the first was run by Philip D'Arcy Hart in

the 1940's, using the Aspergillus mycotoxin Patulin.

Mycotoxins: New science could combat cancer compound in nuts - US

scientists have found a way to prevent the formation of the naturally

occurring cancer-causing compound aflatoxin in nuts such as almonds,

pistachios and walnuts, findings they hope will lead to the first

environmentally friendly way to combat the toxin.

Aspergillus Support: Our Email/ website support group for

patients continues to go from strength to strength. Now with well

over 500 members offering support to people from all walks of life,

all you need is a account (free of charge) and you can join the

discussions on everything from aspergillosis to allergies. You can

receive a separate email for each message, opt for a daily digest or

just go to the website to read your all messages. If you have had

good care add your doctor to our database on the group webpage.

For a complete, detailed listing of all additions go to the updates

pages at http://www.aspergillus.man.ac.uk/homepagenew/siteupdate.htm

(there have been 18 new site additions since the last updates

newsletter) or for trouble-free automatic updating use our RSS

service in conjunction with a compatible browser (Firefox or version

7 of Internet Explorer) or other RSS reader software.

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(FRT), a registered UK charity. To get more information on the work

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