A team of scientists has achieved a major medical breakthrough by developing a miniature model of the human lung using stem cells from a single person. This opens up new horizons for understanding and treating respiratory diseases with a personalized approach for each patient. This scientific development represents a shift in the philosophy of medical treatment. Instead of following the traditional approach of treatment based on general experiments, it is now possible to tailor treatment for each patient based on how their miniature lung model responds to different drugs. This means a safer and more effective treatment, avoiding unnecessary experiments and reducing potential risks. The innovation is based on a simple yet profound principle: 'If we can create a miniature model of a person's lung in the lab, we will be able to study how it responds to different diseases and test the effectiveness of drugs on it before giving it to the patient himself.' Dr. Max Gutierrez, the lead researcher, said that this technology allows for the first time the study of respiratory diseases in a personalized way that was not possible before. Instead of relying on general models or experiments on animals that are biologically different from humans, scientists can now simulate a specific individual's lung with high accuracy.
