Category: Fibrotic Lung Diseases

Placenta derived stem cells may help sufferers of fibrotic lung diseases

July 27, 2009 by srrpenna

Tampa, Fla. (July 27, 2009) – An Italian research team, publishing in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (18:4), which is now available on-line without charge at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct, has found that stem cells derived from human placenta may ultimately play a role in the treatment of lung diseases, such as pulmonary fibrosis and fibrotic diseases caused by tuberculosis, chemical exposure, radiation or pathogens. These diseases can ultimately lead to loss of normal lung tissue and organ failure.