Creating a smoking machine

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 17:31 in Health & Medicine

While it is well known that cigarette smoking is a major cause of lung disease, and a key exacerbating factor for patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), it has not been possible to effectively model its deleterious effects on human lungs under normal breathing conditions. In an article in Cell Systems, a multidisciplinary […]

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