Leiden vs. COVID-19 Episode 1: Why is COVID-19 so harmful to some patients and nearly harmless to others? - a podcast by Leiden Bio Science Park

Our guest: Pieter Hiemstra, professor of Respiratory Cell Biology and Immunology and head of the research laboratory of the Department of Pulmonology at the Leiden University Medical Center. His research has focussed on innate immunity and cell biology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer, and he is using human cell culture models to study host-pathogen interactions and lung repair. He teamed up with his LUMC colleagues at the Molecular Virology group of the Department of Medical Microbiology, and those at the Departments of Chemical and Cell Biology, Parasitology and Intensive Care,  and colleagues in Sydney in Australia, to join forces and extend his work to studying the role of the epithelial cells that cover the airways and air sacs in COVID-19.

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