Updates

  • Asthma prevention

    Vici grant for the prevention of severe respiratory infections

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    Hermelijn Smits, professor of Immunomodulation through Host-Commensal Interactions, receives a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros. With this grant, she wants to use substances produced in the intestines to strengthen the immune system.

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  • Lung regeneration

    Meeting Lung regeneration Consortium

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    Early January, Longfonds and the Lung regeneration Consortium (BREATH) met in person for the first time since the Covid pandemic. The meeting was organized at- and hosted by- prof.dr. Ed Morrissey and his lab at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

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  • Asthma prevention

    How much does it take? Research uncovers farm milk’s protective force

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    Farm milk can protect young children from getting asthma. Prof.dr. Erika von Mutius is eager to show how the protection works and help create protective milk products.

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  • Lung regeneration

    Animation of the mini-lung, a breakthrough for lung damage repair

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    The mini-lung is crucial for finding a solution to lung damage, such as in the severe lung disease COPD. In this video, we show how the mini-lung could provide a medical breakthrough!

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