University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: Embryonic Stem Cells Create Healthy Muscle in Mice
Using embryonic stem cells from mice, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have prompted the growth of healthy -- and more importantly, functioning -- muscle cells in mice afflicted with a human model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
The study represents the first time transplanted embryonic stem cells have been shown to restore function to defective muscles in a model of muscular dystrophy.