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You know, baby Ryles was one of these thousand kids born every year in the United States with half a heart. And what we started with him when he and his family learned about this complex disease of congenital heart disease, is they wanted to be part of these new clinical trials using cell based therapies to try to strengthen and rebuild the heart. And so what we did at Mayo Clinic is we brought our products that we manufactured to Children's Hospital Philadelphia, and it was the first time in, in his case, that we did it at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. We thawed the product in the operating room, we loaded it into the needle delivery device, and we literally injected his own stem cells into the baby's heart. Baby Riles, when baby Ryles was about three months old, it was a remarkable day. We traveled out from Rochester, Minnesota, did it, and was able to be with the family and give them hope that we can do more than just the standard surgeries that lead to the outcomes that none of us are proud of.