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Breakthrough Work Converts Stem Cells into Lung Tissue
Scientists have converted human embryonic stem cells into lung cells, taking an initial step towards building human lungs for transplantation. "This is a very exciting development, and could be a huge step towards being able to build human lungs for transplantation or to repair lungs severely damaged by incurable diseases such as cancer," said study leader Julia Polak. The results will be published in the journal Tissue Engineering.
Robert Roy Britt
LiveScience Managing Editor
LiveScience.com
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20050823/sc_space/lablungsbreakthroughworkconvertsstemcellsintolungtissue

[dulouz]

Cool! I'm having another cigarette.

[chiaa]

I am going back to work in the coal mines!

[The Bobster]

I've heard that 95% of the price of the twice-daily packs of cigs I've been smoking for 25 years goes toward lunge disease and cancer research. (Whether true or not, it seems to be mostly taxes, anyway.) Very glad to see that my dedication to his cause is starting to pay off.

My dream is that someone will come up with a cheap powder that can be salted into the tobacco that will prevent the onset of emphysema and the Big C, and once that happens the rest of you who are stuck with breathing auto and factory fumes exclusively will be at far greater risk than folk like me.

And soon after, of course, the whole world will become France.