Scientists create functioning "mini-lungs" to study cystic fibrosis

The mini-lungs could be used to test the effectiveness of potential new drugs Researchers at the University of Cambridge have grown functional "mini-lungs" using stems cells derived from the skin cells of patients with a debilitating lung disease. Not only can the development help them in coming up with effective treatments for specific lung diseases like cystic fibrosis, but the process has the potential to be scaled up to screen thousands of new compounds to identify potential new drugs.

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