Engraftment of progenitor cells to effect repair of injured lungs has been a major challenge. A new study combines a conditioning strategy adopted from bone marrow transplantation with a lung injury model to bring this potential therapeutic approach closer to reality.
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Snoeck, HW. Progenitor cell engraftment in the lung: at last?. Nat Med 21, 842–844 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.3923
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