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There is currently no effective treatment for the devastating muscle-wasting disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Cossu and colleagues report in a recent Nature paper that transplantation of mesoangioblast stem cells may hold promise for treating DMD. Further studies are required to fully evaluate the clinical potential of these blood-vessel-associated stem cells.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.010

Type

Journal article

Journal

Cell

Publication Date

29/12/2006

Volume

127

Pages

1304 - 1306

Keywords

Animals, Blood Vessels, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Disease Models, Animal, Dogs, Humans, Mice, Muscular Dystrophies, Stem Cell Transplantation, Stem Cells