Episode 688
Asthma: mapping the human lung
Scientists have documented every cell in our lungs - and discovered what happens when a person gets asthma.
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
June 23, 20195m 2s
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Show Notes
The chest disease asthma is becoming more common. It can lead to life-threatening breathing difficulties when the airways constrict and the lung tissue overproduces mucus; this is usually an allergic reaction that can be worsened by air pollution. But our understanding of what's going on in an asthmatic lung is still quite limited. But now for the first time, scientists at the Sanger Institute near Cambridge have used a new technique to document and examine every cell in lung samples from both healthy and asthmatic patients, to discover what's changing when a person develops asthma. Chris... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
Felipe Vieira BragaSanger Institutehuman cell atlasMap of the lung