Tuesday, January 08, 2008

New insight into factors that drive muscle-building stem cells

Source: Cell Press
Date: January 8, 2008

Summary:

A report in the January issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press, provides new evidence explaining how stem cells known as satellite cells contribute to building muscles up in response to exercise. These findings could lead to treatments for reversing or improving the muscle loss that occurs in diseases such as cancer and AIDS as well as in the normal aging process, according to the researchers.