New method of investigating human lung tissue enables improved drug target validation for copd treatment

Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have succeeded in testing the effectiveness of new approaches for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on ex vivo 3D human lung tissue cultures. For the first time, the suitability of Wnt/beta-catenin activation has been investigated to initiate repair in patient-derived COPD lung tissue.

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