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.