UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON IMAGE: WA XIAN AND FRANK MCKEON IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY AND THE STEM CELL CENTER AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, ARE EXAMINING PRO-INFLAMMATORY STEM CELL VARIANTS IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND DEVELOPING THERAPEUTIC COMBINATIONS THAT SELECTIVELY TARGET THEM IN THE CF LUNG, WHILE SPARING THE NORMAL CELLS NEEDED FOR REGENERATIVE REPAIR....