Mice With Muscular Dystrophy Had Muscle Restored By Purified Stem Cells

By injecting purified stem cells isolated from adult skeletal muscle, researchers have shown they can restore healthy muscle and improve muscle function in mice with a form of muscular dystrophy. Those muscle-building stem cells were derived from a larger pool of so-called satellite cells that normally associate with mature muscle fibers and play a role in muscle growth and repair.

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Filed under: Muscular Dystrophy on July 16th, 2008