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Boston University Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) researcher, Katherine McCauley, grew spheres of purified airway cells from human stem cells. On the left, spheres of cells with a mutated CFTR gene, the cause of cystic fibrosis, have a [...]defective protein and do not swell when exposed to a drug called forskolin. Spheres containing cells with corrected genes (right) are able to swell. Cells like these may eventually allow a more personalized approach to cystic fibrosis treatment. Courtesy of Katherine McCauley
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Watch human iPS cells turn into lung cells in this video. Boston University Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) researcher, Finn Hawkins, engineered human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) with a reporter gene with a reporter gene that [...]glows green at the “fate decisionâ€â€”the moment they turn into lung cells. Video courtesy of Finn Hawkins
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