Another Step Forward For Muscle Stem Cells

Research by Dr Amy Wagers and her team at Harvard University, USA, has shown promise for the use of muscle stem cell as a therapy for conditions such as muscular dystrophy. The researchers successfully transplanted muscle stem cells from healthy mice into the muscles of mice that show symptoms similar to Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Although this shows promise for the therapy of human muscle disease, there are many practical hurdles.

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Filed under: Muscular Dystrophy on July 16th, 2008