Muscular Dystrophy

Unique population of muscle stem cells found in mice

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, July 11th, 2002

Transplanting a unique population of muscle stem cells from healthy newborn mice delivers dystrophin, a key protein for muscle function, into mice born with a genetic muscle-wasting disease similar to Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Johnny Huard, PhD, and his colleagues report in the Journal of Cell Biology (2002:157(5):851-864)

"Studying the behavior of these cells after transplant, we found some very exciting things," said Huard, who is an associate professor of orthopedic surgery, molecular genetics, biochemistry and bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and director of the Growth and Development Laboratory at Children's Hospital of...

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