Patients who have more severe cases of Cerebral Palsy, even though they may be cured of the neurological issues, are left with severe muscular issues like distortion and atrophy. Using satellite, or muscle, stem cells to repair mice with muscular deformities, researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (2008) were able to conclude that “muscle stem cells can both improve muscle function in mice with a form of muscular dystrophy and replenish the stem cell population for use in the repair of future muscle injuries.” Similar to skin, the muscle is not able to repair itself because its cells become exhausted from working too hard and become ineffective. By inserting healthy muscle stem cells that have the ability to differentiate, or change, into all types of cells that are needed to repair tissues, humans would be able to reverse the effects that leave so many immobile. Since some of the muscle deformation diseases are genetic, not only would the treatments reverse the immediate effects, it would build up an abundance of repair cells to be used in the future when needed. This signifies that treatments would not need to be an often occurrence and could be set up at periodical, lengthened intervals of
Patients who have more severe cases of Cerebral Palsy, even though they may be cured of the neurological issues, are left with severe muscular issues like distortion and atrophy. Using satellite, or muscle, stem cells to repair mice with muscular deformities, researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (2008) were able to conclude that “muscle stem cells can both improve muscle function in mice with a form of muscular dystrophy and replenish the stem cell population for use in the repair of future muscle injuries.” Similar to skin, the muscle is not able to repair itself because its cells become exhausted from working too hard and become ineffective. By inserting healthy muscle stem cells that have the ability to differentiate, or change, into all types of cells that are needed to repair tissues, humans would be able to reverse the effects that leave so many immobile. Since some of the muscle deformation diseases are genetic, not only would the treatments reverse the immediate effects, it would build up an abundance of repair cells to be used in the future when needed. This signifies that treatments would not need to be an often occurrence and could be set up at periodical, lengthened intervals of