Source: Stanford University Medical Center
Date: March 28, 2011
Summary:
A research team at the Stanford University School of Medicine and UC-San Francisco has uncovered a molecular signal that plays an important role in directing one type of “adult” stem cells to mature into fat cells. The finding could help scientists design better drugs for type-2 diabetes and other diseases associated with obesity. And it may eventually lead to therapies for disorders of low muscle mass, such as pediatric muscular dystrophies or muscle degeneration in the elderly. The study appeared March 18 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
