Source: NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Posted: September 9, 2007 1:00 pm EDT
Summary:
Tendon, the cord-like tissue that connects muscle to bone, contains a small subset of previously unknown adult stem cells, scientists at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) part of the National Institutes of Health, and their colleagues have discovered. The finding, published online today in the journal Nature Medicine, points to a natural source of tendon-producing cells in adults and raises the possibility that, with further research, these cells one day could help to mend torn or degenerating tendons that are slow to heal.
