New Muscle Strands Thanks to Nanohydrogel with MuSC (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

New Muscle Strands Thanks to Nanohydrogel with MuSC

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Hydrogel delivered stem cells called muscle satellite cells integrate in new muscle strands, green, along with existing muscle tissue, in red. Yellow strands may be strands made of existing muscle cells and newly delivered ones.

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Georgia Tech / Han / Jiang

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