Stem Cells for the Treatment of Muscular Dystrophy KU Leuven
© 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.. This chapter focuses on stem cell-based therapies for treating muscular dystrophy. It reviews previous attempts to use donor myoblasts in animal models and patients, explaining the likely reasons for poor clinical results. It also reports the identification of myogenic progenitors in the bone marrow, and the results of preclinical studies in mice to treat dystrophy by bone marrow transplantation. It ...