Boosting muscle stem cells to treat muscular dystrophy and aging muscles
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 08:40
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have uncovered a molecular signaling pathway involving Stat3 and Fam3a proteins that regulates how muscle stem cells decide whether to self-renew or differentiate -- an insight that could lead to muscle-boosting therapeutics for muscular dystrophies or age-related muscle decline.