00:00What you can see here is what we call a model.
00:03In order for us to try and treat the disease and treat the problem, we need to try and
00:08understand how it develops.
00:10So what we do in this laboratory, a combination of clinicians and basic scientists, we model.
00:15So what you see here is our setup for a mini lung that mimics what happens in congenital
00:21rheumatic hernia.
00:22So here on the left, as you can see in control, is a part of human lung that grows in a 3D
00:27printed environment, and you can see the 3D printed behind you.
00:31And we can mimic the squashing that happens in congenital rheumatic hernia by printing
00:37a special body around this that compresses the lung.
00:40And you can see here the difference in the growth in the compressed versus the control.
00:44So this has given us the opportunity to understand what is actually happening and what's missing
00:50from those lungs that become so sick when the baby is born.
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