Research on Lung Damage Repair

A scratch on your arm, a graze or a bruise: the skin is usually repaired within a few days. But unlike other organs, the damaged lungs in COPD are no longer capable of repairing or renewing damaged tissue. Making COPD currently an incurable disease. It is already the number three cause of death worldwide. This is why the Lung Foundation Netherlands (Longfonds) has brought the best scientists in regenerative medicine from the US and Europe together in the Lung Regeneration Consortium.
PhD Nella Dost, stem cell researcher at Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht, tells us about the progress of this research.