A mucus degrading lung probiotic
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Mucus belongs to your body’s cleaning apparatus.
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When you inhale harmful particles and pathogens, they will get captured by the mucus. Tiny hairs constantly move the mucus with the entrapped particles and pathogens out of the lungs.
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Diseases like asthma, COPD and cystic fibrosis produce too much and too thick mucus in the lungs.
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This results in:
- Frequent lung infections
- Breathing difficulties
- Reduced life quality and life expectancy
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To solve these problems, we aim to create PROlung, a mucus-degrading lung probiotic which autonomously can regulate the thickness of the mucus and restore the lung to its healthy state.
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