To Regenerate Muscle, Cellular Garbage Men Must Become Builders
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 13:21
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have found that when a muscle is injured, white blood cells called macrophages play a crucial role in its regeneration and uncovered the genetic switch that controls this process and uncovered the genetic switch that controls this process, opening the door for new therapeutic approaches to sports injuries and to diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy.