Mighty Monkeys: Bigger Muscles with Gene Therapy (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

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Mighty Monkeys: Bigger Muscles with Gene Therapy (2 of 2)

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AAV1-FS344 treatment does not cause hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes. H&E staining of cardiac muscle from both the MCK-FS and the CMV-FS groups reveals normal cardiac muscle histology compared with nontreated controls. Scale bars, 50 micrometers. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Nov. 11, 2009, issue of Science Translational Medicine. The study, by Dr. Janaiah Kota of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and colleagues was titled, "Follistatin Gene Delivery Enhances Muscle Growth and Strength in Nonhuman Primates."

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