Stem Cell Research, Lung Organoids & Cystic Fibrosis

Dr. Brigitte Gomperts, leads a lab at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA. Her research focuses on the role stem cells play in repairing and regenerating the lungs after injury; her lab was the first to use stem cells to create lung-like organoids that mimic the air sac structures of actual lungs that – among other things – are used for high-throughput drug screening, and which someday might lead to the generation of patient-specific transplantable lung tissue. CFRI endorses CA Proposition 14 to continue funding stem cell research. Dr. Gomperts’ work is an example of the vital research funded through the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine. Recorded 10/26/2020