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By Isabella Hornick
Patients with COPD who underwent autologous transplantation of lung progenitor cells had improved gas exchange capacity, quality of life and walking distance, according to study results.
Further, these results, presented at European Respiratory Society International Congress, showed that transplant of these P63+ progenitor cells repaired lung damage in those with mild emphysema.
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