tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708139263643046536.post2558838667000121240..comments2024-03-29T05:31:25.038-04:00Comments on Kresta In The Afternoon: Harvard scientists see breakthrough on cystic fibrosis, using adult stem cellsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708139263643046536.post-6436805165717783222012-04-09T05:22:54.448-04:002012-04-09T05:22:54.448-04:00Praise God! ~Using adult stem cells - Big advance ...Praise God! ~Using adult stem cells - Big advance against cystic fibrosis: "Beginning with the skin cells of patients with CF, Jayaraj Rajagopal and colleagues first created induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, and then used those cells to create human disease-specific functioning lung epithelium, the tissue that lines the airways and is the site of the most lethal aspect of CF, where the genes cause irreversible lung disease and inexorable respiratory failure." Source: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/04/big-advance-against-cystic-fibrosis/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com