Source: HealthDay News
Date: January 20, 2008
Summary:
HealthDay News reports researchers have turned embryonic stem cells into muscle tissue, whihc may lead to new treatments for muscular dystrophy:
"Researchers have coaxed embryonic mouse stem cells to grow into healthy muscle tissue, in a feat that creates new possibilities for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is the most common of nine types of muscular dystrophy, which is characterized by a lack of the protein dystrophin in voluntary muscles, such as those in the arms and legs. Dystrophin plays a key role in building and repairing muscle; without it, muscles deteriorate and lose function."
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