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.
Each lung is divided into lobes. The right lung has three, but the left lung has only two, thus allowing room to accommodate the heart. Together, the lungsâ tissue surface is almost 40 times greater than the bodyâs outer surface, making the lungs (together) one of the largest organs in the body. Each lung houses a bronchial tree, which gets its name from the intricate network of air passages that supply the lungs with air.