Boosting muscle stem cells to treat muscular dystrophy and aging muscles

(Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute) Scientists from Sanford Burnham Prebys have uncovered a molecular signaling pathway involving Stat3 and Fam3a proteins that regulates how muscle stem cells decide whether to self-renew or differentiate -- an insight that could lead to muscle-boosting therapeutics for muscular dystrophies or age-related muscle decline. The study was published in Nature Communications.
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