Physician-scientist proves stem cells heal lungs of newborn anim...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 11/25/2009 - 23:00

(Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research) An international team led by Dr. Bernard Thébaud, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Clinical Scholar, demonstrates that stem cells protect and repair the lungs of newborn rats.The study finds that rats treated with stem cells ran twice as far, and had better survival rates.

Currently, there is no treatment for the lungs of babies born too early. Scientists predict these results will lead to a new treatment for these babies within three years.

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