Periodic Reporting for period 1 - MECH-LoC (Mechanically tuned Lung-on-a-Chip device to model pathology and drug screening for lung disease)

The need for improved lung models.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), like emphysema or chronic bronchitis, affect about 10% of the population, reducing the quality of life for affected patients. To better understand these diseases and to screen potentially...