Muscle built in diseased mice

The ability to regrown muscle is very important with patients with muscular dystrophy. Researchers at the Boston's Childrens Hospital Stem Cell Program are now able to boost muscle mass and reverse some of the symptoms in model mice. This will hopefully allow patients with muscular dystrophy to improve their conditions and gain the ability to lead more normal lives. They did this by implanting stem cells that were generated from human skin cells. They have tested this in zebrafish, mice and also patient specific tissue.
The researchers hope that this study will open gates for further research and allow for customization of treatment for diseases as well as better targeting for regrowth of tissue. These improvements in medicine will help many people with muscular dystrophy and many other degenerative diseases. This is important to me because these new forms of technology will hopefully help many of my friends
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131107123142.htm