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Combining stem cells and exon skipping strategy to treat muscular dystrophy

• Last Edited: 11 Feb 2011
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Background: Muscular dystrophies are characterized by primary wasting of skeletal muscle. Mutations in the dystrophin gene cause hereditary muscular diseases such as Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD...

Tags: stem cells, exon skipping, muscular dystrophies.

Halofuginone and muscular dystrophy.

• Last Edited: 17 Feb 2011
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Institute of Animal Sciences, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel. pines@agri.huji.ac.il.Muscular dystrophies (MDs) include different inherited diseases that all result in progressive muscle degener...

Tags: Muscle, fibrosis, gene therapy, myoblast, Muscular dystrophies.

Stem cells to treat muscular dystrophies - Where are we?

• Last Edited: 4 Mar 2011
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The muscular dystrophies are inherited disorders characterised by progressive muscle wasting and weakness. Stem cell therapy is considered to be one of the most promising strategies for treating m...

Tags: Stem cell, therapy, muscular dystrophies.