Source: Reuters
Posted: January 20, 2008 1:23pm ET
Summary:
Reuters reports researchers found that an embryonic stem cell therapy improved muscle function in mice with muscular dystrophy:
" A therapy using embryonic stem cells helped restore muscle function in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common form of muscular dystrophy in children, U.S. researchers said on Sunday."
The researchers also point out the significance of this study:
"They said the study is the first to show that transplanted embryonic stem cells can restore muscle in genetically engineered mice with the disease."
