Treating muscular dystrophy with stem cells?
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Abstract
There is currently no effective treatment for the devastating muscle-wasting disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Cossu and colleagues report in a recent Nature paper that transplantation of mesoangioblast stem cells may hold promise for treating DMD. Further studies are required to fully evaluate the clinical potential of these blood-vessel-associated stem cells.
Medical subject headings
- Blood Vessels
- Muscular Dystrophies
- Stem Cell Transplantation
- Stem Cells