Updates

  • Lung regeneration

    Seven years of BREATH: the making of the mini-lung

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    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.

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  • Lung regeneration

    Longfonds Symposium on Lung Regeneration

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    The Symposium on Lung Regeneration, hosted by Longfonds, will take place at the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht on Friday, December 12.

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  • Asthma prevention

    Professor Pieter Hiemstra appointed professor emeritus

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    A remarkable chapter closes: Professor Pieter Hiemstra retires after decades of groundbreaking lung research and tireless dedication to Longfonds.

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  • Asthma prevention

    Symposium AWWA: 'We have an enormous harvest now'

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    With a great sense of fulfillment, we look back on an inspiring symposium held in March. To mark six years of AWWA, researchers from around the world gathered in Leiden, to share the latest insights with one another.

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