Asynchronous Repair Spurs Muscular Dystrophy Fibrosis (AUDIO)

Rockefeller University Press

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A study in The Journal of Cell Biology suggests that asynchronous regeneration of cells within muscle tissue leads to the development of fibrosis in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Listen to senior author Eric Hoffman explain his group's work at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC.

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