Muscle paralysis eased by light-sensitive stem cells
Stimulating neurons with light can restore movement to paralysed mouse muscles – a step towards using “optogenetic” approaches to treat nerve disorders. Click link for full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25358#.U0gIcK1dXpE
Adult Stem Cells Use Special Pathways To Repair Damaged Muscle
When a muscle is damaged, dormant adult stem cells called satellite cells are signaled to “wake up” and contribute to repairing the muscle. University of Missouri researchers… Read more »
Patient-derived induced stem cells retain disease traits
From Genengnews.com When neurons started dying in Clive Svendsen’s lab dishes, he couldn’t have been more pleased. The dying cells the same type lost in patients with… Read more »