An ingenious dual purpose: muscle stem cells.mp4 – Video

Posted: February 11, 2013 at 3:42 pm




An ingenious dual purpose: muscle stem cells.mp4
http://www.stemcellsarthritistreatment.com Investigators at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center designed a unique study. What they did was take stem cells from muscle and using a therapeutic protein were able to reprogram the cells to repair articular cartilage abnormalities in rats. They showed that skeletal muscle was an available source of stem cells to help repair cartilage. The findings were published in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism. http

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