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Stanford Scientists Develop New Way to Grow Adult Stem Cells in Culture


July 15, 2010

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Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a technique they believe will help scientists overcome a major hurdle in the use of adult stem cells for treating muscular dystrophy and other muscle-wasting disorders that accompany aging or disease. They researchers found that growing muscle stem cells on a specially developed synthetic matrix that mimics the elasticity of real muscle allows them to maintain their self-renewing properties.Full Story

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Stanford University Medical Center

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