Source: Scientific American
Date: May 31, 2007
Summary:
Scientific American reports on the discovery of a new type of satellite stem cell that could eventually be turned into a muscle cell and be used to treat muscle and other neurodegenerative diseases:
"Canadian researchers have identified a previously unknown type of stem cell in muscles that may one day be targeted to treat muscular dystrophy, a debilitating degenerative disease that affects some 250,000 Americans."
