Washington DC, Feb. 25 -- Researchers have created 3D video images of mouse lung tissue grown in the laboratory using a four-dimensional microscopy technique. What they have learned has been nothing short of groundbreaking.

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Using a four-dimensional microscopy technique, researchers at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have created 3D video images of mouse lung tissue grown in the laboratory.

"For the first time, we've been able to live-image the lung as it forms, and quantify and mea...