Inspired innovative strategies for prevention, diagnosis and therapy of ragweed pollen induced respiratory diseases induced by ambrosia pollen (INSPIRED)

The main objective of the INSPIRED project is to develop a new diagnostic kit, based on recombinant allergen use, specific for ragweed allergic patients, which will better direct the therapy, with the support of an international team by attracting foreign specialists with recognized competence, thus increasing the Romanian participation in research areas at the European level, and creating a scientific research core of specialists in advanced technologies based on recombinant allergens applications of European level.

Because of climate change (particularly rising temperatures and carbon dioxide levels) and other drivers like urbanisation and pollutants, plant evolution has already led to an increase of ragweed biomass, the length of the pollen season and also the atmospheric pollen count. Future climate projections for Europe state that this trend is very likely to go further upward in the future.