Research Summaries

Woman living well with ABPA, with a gentle illustration of the lungs and airways

ABPA Diagnosis: Why It Is Not Just an IgE Test—and How a New Score May Help

Patient and clinician discussing aspergillosis research, with illustrated lungs and fungal spores

This Week in Aspergillosis Research: Dupilumab and ABPA

Clinician reviewing lung research data in an illustration about new findings in aspergillosis care.

Research update: new ABPA treatment results, and lessons from viral infections

Medical illustration of lungs and Aspergillus highlighting new research into the relationship between COPD and aspergillosis.

Weekly Aspergillosis Research Update – 24 August 2026

Illustration showing monoclonal antibodies binding Aspergillus fumigatus and helping macrophages recognise and engulf the fungus.

Beyond antifungal drugs: could antibodies help the immune system fight Aspergillus?

New aspergillosis research into urine testing for invasive aspergillosis, Aspergillus IgG testing in CPA and selection of azole antifungal treatment.

New aspergillosis research update: urine testing, CPA antibodies and choosing antifungal treatment

Illustration of allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS), showing fungal material, thick allergic mucus and inflammation within the sinuses.

New tools to diagnose allergic fungal rhinosinusitis: what has changed?

Clinician reviewing CT scans showing chronic pulmonary aspergillosis, mucus plugging and a lung cavity

Aspergillosis Weekly Research Update: New Clues About Diagnosis, Treatment and Resistance

Illustration of lungs, airway cells, DNA and Aspergillus spores representing Manchester research into genetic susceptibility to aspergillosis.

Can We Predict Who Will Develop Aspergillosis? Genetics, Epigenetics and the Search for Individual Risk

Illustration of Aspergillus fumigatus spores interacting with the bronchial airway lining beside a DNA strand representing the ZNF77 gene variant.

Lung Colonisation by Aspergillus fumigatus Is Influenced by a ZNF77 Gene Variant