Tag Archives: muscular dystrophy

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome...

A stem cell therapy improved the heart function, walking capacity and survival of mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a study reports. The treatment involves what scientists call cardiosphere-derived cells, or CDCs. They are the research equivalent of the stem cell therapy ...