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.
Last updated at 09:58 25 April 2006. Scientists have discovered a drug that makes damaged lungs regrow - raising hopes of a cure for the crippling disease emphysema. It opens up a new field of biology which could potentially be applied to other organs that do not repair themselves naturally.