CReM Broncospheres

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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

Tags: research, stem cells, crem, ips cells, cystic fibrosis treatment, darrell kotton, finn hawkins, katherine mccauley, ipscs, inflammatory diseases, microbiology, molecular biology

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