Big advance against cystic fibrosis: Stem cell researchers create lung surface tissue in a dish
Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 23:30
in Health & Medicine
Stem cell researchers have taken a critical step in making possible the discovery in the relatively near future of a drug to control cystic fibrosis, a fatal lung disease that claims about 500 lives each year, with 1,000 new cases diagnosed annually.