Tuesday 8 May 2012

U of M researchers develop new muscular dystrophy treatment approach using human stem cells | Science Codex

U of M researchers develop new muscular dystrophy treatment approach using human stem cells | Science Codex: The research, published today in Cell Stem Cell, outlines the strategy for the development of a rapidly dividing population of skeletal myogenic progenitor cells (muscle-forming cells) derived from induced pluripotent (iPS) cells. iPS cells have all of the potential of embryonic stem (ES) cells, but are derived by reprogramming skin cells. They can be patient-specific, which renders them unlikely to be rejected, and do not involve the destruction of embryos.

This is the first time that human stem cells have been shown to be effective in the treatment of muscular dystrophy.

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