Research in rodents suggests potential for 'in body' muscle regeneration
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
What if repairing large segments of damaged muscle tissue was as simple as mobilizing the body's stem cells to the site of the injury? New research in mice and rats, conducted at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine, suggests that "in body" regeneration of muscle tissue might be possible by harnessing the body's natural healing powers.