Pig bladder cells help regenerate an war veteran`s leg muscle

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 05:00 in Health & Medicine

(Medical Xpress) -- As a result of a 70 million dollar investment from the U.S. military, researchers from the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh announced a successful technique using growth factors and proteins from a pig's bladder to regrow skeletal muscle.

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