From degeneration to regeneration: Advances in skeletal muscle engineering
Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 21:00
in Biology & Nature
Medical researchers have developed a new therapeutic technique to repair and rebuild muscle for sufferers of degenerative muscle disorders. The therapy brings together two existing techniques for muscle repair – cell transplantation and tissue engineering – specifically, mesoangioblast stem cells delivered via a hydrogel cell-carrier matrix.