Muscle Progenitors Injected into Cell-Free Scaffolding of Rat Limb (IMAGE)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Muscle Progenitors Injected into Cell-Free Scaffolding of Rat Limb

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A suspension of muscle progenitor cells is injected into the cell-free matrix of a decellularized rat limb, which provides shape and structure onto which regenerated tissue can grow.

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(Bernhard Jank, M.D., Ott Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Regenerative Medicine)

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