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New-found stem cell helps regenerate lung tissue after acute injury, study finds Researchers have identified a lung stem cell that repairs the organ's gas exchange compartment, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The y isolated and characterized these progenitor cells from mouse and human lungs and demonstrated they ar...

Lucy makes history with blood infusion A SYDNEY toddler has become the youngest person in the world to receive an infusion of her own umbilical cord blood in the hope of preventing diabetes.

Stem cell research could improve treatment options for diabetic foot ulcers Glasgow scientists have reprogrammed human cells using leftover skin tissue from surgery to replicate wounds from diabetic foot ulcers. The work is part of a three-year project which researchers hope could lead to the development of new treatments for diabetic foot ulcers which do not need to be tes...

Stem cell: Arthritic knee research in $33 million award - Capitol Weekly The awards on Thursday bring to 43 the number of trials funded by the stem cell agency, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).