Researchers are using the technology to investigate whether silicosis can be identified before irreversible lung damage occurs – creating the potential for earlier intervention and improved outcomes for thousands of Australian workers.
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Mostly associated with occupations such as construction, mining, tunnelling and stonemasonry, silicosis is an incurable chronic lung disease caused by breathing in fine silica dust. It remains one of the most serious occupational lung diseases.
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World-first research underway in Brisbane could pave the way for earlier, non-invasive diagnosis of silicosis, with investigators hoping a simple breath test will identify disease before permanent lung damage occurs.
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World-first research is underway that could change the way occupational lung diseases, including silicosis, are detected in Australia’s construction workforce, following the funding of the country’s first dedicated PExA (Particles in Exhaled Air) machine at The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane.
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As silicosis continues to be a health crisis affecting our industry, HIACF has donated funds to help support the development of life-changing diagnostic techniques and treatments.
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Researchers from Griffith University’s NatureBank and Metro North Health in Brisbane have found a natural product derived from a Queensland rainforest tree that may hold the key to treating and reversing life-threatening lung diseases, including silicosis.
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