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GA²LEN Achievements reports

Created in 2005, GA²LEN brings together research and clinical centres to combat fragmentation in the European research area and to tackle allergy in its globality. Major GA²LEN achievements to date include the development of a durable infrastructure, project-related research results, and the drafting and implementation of guidelines.

A report of GA²LEN achievements was published in Allergy and in several journals in Europe.

• GA2LEN (Global Allergy and Asthma European Network) addresses the allergy and asthma 'epidemic' 
  Allergy 2009, Vol 64, Issue 7, pp. 969-977
• Le réseau d’excellence de l’Union Européenne GA²LEN (Global Allergy and Asthma European Network)
  Revue des Maladies Respiratoires 2009 ; 26 : 577-86 ; Doi : 10.1019/20094091.
• Allergi i Praksis, June 2009.

Integration activities
Tackling the fragmentation of European research, building a durable research platform 
 

Integration Research Activities: coordination Setting up European wide Epidemiological and clinical studies  WP 1.2.1 Patients Registries  WP 1.2.2  -  now closed

Quality Management System Harmonising European quality standards in allergic diseases: Allergy centres, skin prick tests...  WP 1.3

Birth Cohorts A database of 24 birth cohorts to study more than 50 risk or protective factors for asthma and allergy WP 1.5

Instruments of integration and platform architecture WP 1.1 Intellectual Property Rights, Ethical & Gender issues WP 1.7/1.8

Joint Research activities
Joint research projects on 9 topics

Nutrition and allergic disease Nutrition survey WP 1.2.1 Nutrition  WP 2.1  now closed	Exposure and allergic disease Environmental and occupational exposures  WP 2.2.1 Virus exacerbations  WP 2.2.3	Indoor & Outdoor environment WP 2.3
Occupation & Adolescents WP 2.4	Gender and allergic disease Gender WP 2.5	IgE sensitisation IgE sensitisation and allergic diseases  WP 2.6.1 Regulatory T-cells  WP 2.6.2
Early influence on airway remodelling Airway remodelling  WP 2.7.1 ENT specialists / patients airway  WP 2.7.2 Aspirin sensitivity  WP 2.7.3	Clinical care and quality of life Clinical care and quality of life  WP 2.8.1 Severe asthma  WP 2.8.1b Sport & asthma  WP 2.8.2	Genetics, genomics and  post-genomics WP 2.9

GA²LEN initiatives and new projects
New initiatives based on GA²LEN community

GAIN - GA²LEN Anaphylaxis INitiative