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Could Stem Cells Be Used for In-Body Muscle Regeneration? – ENGINEERING.com

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2014-09-09 NEWS

ENGINEERING.com

Could Stem Cells Be Used for In-Body Muscle Regeneration?
ENGINEERING.com
Medicine, biomaterial, stem cells, muscle What if repairing large segments of damaged muscle tissue was as simple as mobilizing the body’s stem cells to the site of the injury? New research in mice and rats, conducted at Wake Forest Baptist Medical

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2014-09-08 NEWS

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In Directing Stem Cells, Study Shows Context Matters
Bioscience Technology
When blank slate stem cells are exposed to a soft rather than hard surface on which Figuring out how blank slate stem cells decide which kind of cell they want to be when they grow up — a muscle cell, a bone cell, a neuron — has been no small task

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2014-09-08 NEWS

In directing stem cells, study shows context matters
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Figuring out how blank slate stem cells decide which kind of cell they want to be when they grow up — a muscle cell, a bone cell, a neuron — has been no small task for science. Human pluripotent stem cells, the undifferentiated cells that have the

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2014-09-08 NEWS

Vail Daily health column: Stem cell therapy and the spine
Vail Daily News
“Although not yet widespread in orthopaedics, the use of adult stem cells to address musculoskeletal conditions is an intriguing concept,” states a recent article by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Regenerative medicine specialists, like