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New tools like PCLS accelerate the search for COPD solutions

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How worms inspire the prevention and new treatments of asthma

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Dr. Henry McSorley of the University of Dundee (Scotland) tries to use the trick of parasitic worms to find solutions for asthma.

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Newly discovered stem cell brings COPD-research big step forward

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Prof.dr. Ed Morrisey (University of Pennsylvania, VS) found a new stem cell in human lungs. 'It has a critical role in maintaining the alveoli and is altered in lung disease.

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Epithelial cells play an essential role in asthma research

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Epithelial cells line the inside of the airways and alveoli. They play an important role in asthma. Prof.dr. Pieter Hiemstra of the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) is an internationally renowned expert in culturing human epithelial cells.

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