Human stem cells converted to functional lung cells

Monday, December 2, 2013 - 11:00 in Biology & Nature

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells. The advance has significant potential for modeling lung disease, screening drugs, studying human lung development, and, ultimately, generating lung tissue for transplantation.

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