Muscle stem cell identity confirmed by Stanford researchers
Date: 20.9.2008
A single cell can repopulate **damaged skeletal muscle** in mice, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine, who devised a way to track the cell's fate in living animals. The research is the first to confirm that so-called **satellite cells** encircling muscle fibers harbor an elusive muscle stem cell.
Identifying and isolating such a cell in humans would have profound **therapeutic implications** for disorders such as muscular dystrophy, injury and muscle wasting due to aging, disuse or disease.
"Stanford University":[ http://med.stanford.edu/news_releases/2008/september/blau.html]
