Muscle stem cell movements documented

Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 12:52 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have used time-lapse photography to document satellite cell movements and behaviors when they interact with their "host" myofiber. Scientists hope that if they can understand more about what satellite cells do in healthy muscle, obstacles to cell or gene therapies for muscular dystrophy might be overcome.

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