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Lung regeneration
Seven years of BREATH: the making of the mini-lung
What long seemed impossible has been achieved: researchers, led by Hans Clevers, created a mini-lung. This allows them to search more quickly for a solution to COPD. Researcher Antonella Dost has already discovered an interesting signal.
