First breathing 'lung-on-chip' developed using genetically identical cells

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and AlveoliX have developed the first human lung-on-chip model using stem cells ...
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Lung-on-a-chip with working immune system protects itself like a living organ

Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt researchers have built the first lung-on-a-chip with a working immune system, a breakthrough with the potential to reshape how we study disease, move beyond animal testing, ...
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Lung Biology Program

The UAB Lung Biology Program provides a cutting-edge and interdisciplinary hub for scientists, clinicians, and the next generation of researchers to accelerate understanding of lung biology through ...
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Assembloids Model Patient-Specific Lung Cancers with Tumor Microenvironments

A method has been reported by researchers from Tsinghua University in China, which enables the efficient and high-throughput production of lung cancer assembloids. These assembloids are ...
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A new ventilator-on-a-chip model to study lung damage

COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the first time, scientists are able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the lungs. In a new study, using a ...
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Long COVID inflicts deep scars on the lungs, but targeting specific immune cells could reverse damage − new research in mice

Harish Narasimhan receives funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health, USA. The long-term effects of respiratory viral infections such as COVID-19 ...