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USA IPF PANTHER Study Press Release

Some of you may have read a recent press release from the investigators of the PANTHER Study in the USA. This announced that the treatment arms that included Prednisolone and […]

Hilly Worksop

Congratulations to Claire Johnston and her team for running the Worksop Half Marathon at the end of October. Claire reports “It was a very hilly course”. They managed to raise a […]

Surviving The Winter – Information Sheet

For our free information leaflet on Surviving the Winter – click here

IPF Awareness Week

It is IPF Awareness Week on 18-24 September 2011. Melanie Stone is running the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday, 18 September 2011 to help boost awareness of this […]

A Great North Run for Breathing Matters

Melanie Shone is taking part in this Sunday’s Bupa Great North Run after being inspired by her friend, Maureen Valente, who has idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Maureen has suffered from […]

A Tribute to Lawrence Matz

Our dear friend, Lawence Matz, sadly lost his struggle with Pulmonary Fibrosis in the early hours of Wednesday, 17th August 2011. A month ago, we had asked him to provide […]

Grant Awarded for Study into the Role of Platelets in Pulmonary Fibrosis

I mentioned in a previous post that £10K raised at our successful UCLH Charity Bike Ride in June will fund a clinical study looking into the role of platelets in […]

Quiz Answers: Summer 2011 Newsletter

Where on Earth? In which cities would you find the following: 1. The Acropolis – Athens 2. The Forbidden City – Beijing 3. Alhambra Palace – Granada 4. Sugarloaf Mountain – […]

New Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Study

Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) affects 10,000 new patients each year in the UK, but there is still no cure. We believe that platelets may play a role in the development of […]

UCLH Charity Bike Ride 2011

Everyone came out in force on Sunday for the second annual UCLH Charity Bike Ride, despite the June rain! Almost 100 cyclists came to ride 7 miles around the beautiful […]

Triathlon Madness

Many thanks to Hayley Bromley for raising over £100 for research into COPD and bronchiectasis in memory of her godfather who sadly died earlier this year. Hayley completed two triathlons over one […]

Sponsor Jo Porter

I am doing a Charity Bike Ride in aid of Breathing Matters, the fund for the Centre for Respiratory Research, UCL. Peter Tenenbaum will be riding alongside me as are […]

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