Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the developing ...

Respiratory diseases are a challenging problem to treat. Inhalable medicines are a promising solution that depend on the ability to deliver tiny particles known as aerosols to the correct location in ...

P63+ airway basal progenitor cells are previously reported to have great potential to repair damaged lung epithelium. Here, we successfully cloned and expanded the autologous P63+ progenitor cells ...

Also being studied is the development of a repository of “mini-lung” cell models that can be used for lung disease research and the testing of new treatments. This would see the creation of ...