Stillwater has been sister city to Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, since 1985. The State of Oklahoma and Kyoto Prefecture signed a sister state agreement in 1985 through the auspices of the governorâs office.
The search for reparative cells that can contribute to the process of lung regeneration, whether called progenitors or stem cells, has been fueled by the need for improved clinical therapies to treat patients suffering from the burden of diseases that arise from injury or degeneration of lung tissue.
A lung transplant is a major procedure that is performed for people with life-threatening lung disease or damage. About four out of five patients are still alive 1 year after the transplant. About two out of five transplant recipients are alive at 5 years.