Potential stem cell therapy for Duchenne’s

Potential stem cell therapy for Duchenne’s: Researchers have found that injecting aorta-derived stem cells into the hearts of dystrophin-deficient mice prevents the onset of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), raising hopes of a potential new treatment approach to prevent or reverse the condition in human Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

"This is the first report of stem cell therapy yielding functional benefit in the dystrophin-deficient heart," say Suzanne Berry (University of Illinois, Urbana, USA) and team.