Team identifies stem cells that repair injured muscles
Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 13:56
in Health & Medicine
A University of Colorado at Boulder research team has identified a type of skeletal muscle stem cell that contributes to the repair of damaged muscles in mice, which could have important implications in the treatment of injured, diseased or aging muscle tissue in humans, including the ravages of muscular dystrophy.
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