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Published online 15 November 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061113-13
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Stem cells treat wasted muscles
Dogs with muscular dystrophy walk better after injections.
An infusion of stem cells scraped from blood vessels has helped dogs with a form of muscular dystrophy to walk more normally, perhaps heralding a treatment for the human disease.
Muscular dystrophies are a group of widespread genetic disorders in which the muscles gradually break down.
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