Updates

  • Lung regeneration

    Research on lung tissue repair extended by two years

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    Longfonds will continue to support the research on lung tissue repair by two years.

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  • Longfonds joins the Global Allergy & Airways Patient Platform (GAAPP)

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    Longfonds has recently joined the Global Allergy & Airways Patient Platform (GAAPP). To improve the lives of people with respiratory conditions, GAAPP collaborates with health and governmental organizations, such as the WHO.

     

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  • Asthma prevention

    Preventing asthma attacks with the unexpected help of worms

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    It may sound strange, but a protein from a parasitic worm can significantly reduce the risk of an asthma attack. Scientists in Australia have demonstrated this in mouse models.

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  • Lung regeneration

    Three-dimensional laboratory lung provides new insights into lung disease

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    Making damaged lungs healthy again: it is the big dream of over 250 million people worldwide suffering from the fatal lung disease COPD. Renowned scientists in the LONGFONDS | Breath consortium collaborate to develop a three-dimensional lung grown in the lab.

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