Dean Burkin, University of Nevada School of Medicine (IMAGE)

University of Nevada, Reno

Dean Burkin, University of Nevada School of Medicine

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Dean Burkin, a professor and pharmacological researcher with the University of Nevada School of Medicine, and his team discovered that administering laminin-111, a naturally occurring protein, prevents muscle damage in mouse models of muscular dystrophies.

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Photo by Anne McMillin, University of Nevada School of Medicine.

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