Human 'chimeric' cells restore crucial protein in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

(University of Illinois at Chicago) Cells made by fusing a normal human muscle cell with a muscle cell from a person with Duchenne muscular dystrophy -- a rare but fatal form of muscular dystrophy -- were able to significantly improve muscle function when implanted into the muscles of a mouse model of the disease.
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