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Friday, August 29, 2008

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Stem Cells Fight Muscular Dystrophy

Researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have demonstrated for the first time that transplanted muscle stem cells can restore healthy muscle and improve muscle function in mice with muscular dystrophy. The research is published in the July 11 issue of Cell.

A Promising Protein Shake

Mice with muscular dystrophy bulk up when injected with a gene that's responsible for making a specific protein, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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