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Immortalized human myoblasts as an innovative cellular tool

For years, research into muscle dystrophies has been limited due to the fact that the animal-derived dystrophic cellular models, which are required to carry out the research, have low proliferative capacities. In the latest research published in Skeletal Muscle, Mamchaoui et al. conclude that immortalised cell lines from patients with neuromuscular diseases have a higher proliferative capacity than the animal-derived cells, and would therefore be useful cellular tools in the investigation of neuromuscular disorders.

Read the full article published in Skeletal Muscle here.

Posted at 11:27AM Nov 17, 2011 by Laura Winton in General  |  Comments[0]