Monday, July 25, 2011

Cystic fibrosis-associated changes in lung stem cells may contribute to disease progression

Source: University of Iowa
Date: July 25, 2011

Summary:

Researchers at the University of Iowa's Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine have discovered that in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, the airway glands are depleted of a specific population of airway stem cells that participate in airway repair following injury. Their results are published in the July 18 issue of Journal of Clinical Investigation.