First Stem Cell Trial in World Opens (IMAGE)

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

First Stem Cell Trial in World Opens

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The first participant in the first cystic fibrosis study of its kind, Robert (Bob) Held, receives an infusion of human adult stem cells to test their safety. Doctors believe the cells may have the potential to tamp down inflammation of the lungs caused by cystic fibrosis. Hillard Lazarus, M.D., (left) Director of Cellular Therapies Integrated Services at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, administered the cells with the study's Principal Investigator James Chmiel, M.D., (right) Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Center at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.

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