Modified stem cells from muscular dystrophy patients eased symptoms of the disease in mice, says a small study that raises hopes for treating patients with tissue from their own bodies.
The mice showed stronger muscles and ran longer on a treadmill than diseased mice that weren’t treated. Other experimental treatments for muscular dystrophy have also produced encouraging results in lab animals, but experts said the new study shows promise for yet another approach.
    The paper focused on Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a muscle-wasting genetic disorder appearing in boys that occurs in about 1 in every 3,500 male births. It’s the most severe and most common childhood form of muscular dystrophy.

Boys with Duchenne dystrophy have trouble walking as early as preschool, and nearly all of them lose their ability to walk between ages seven and 12. Typically, they die in their 20s because of weakness in their heart and lung muscles. There is no known cure. 
   

Patch To Heal Tissue Damaged By Heart Attack

Scientists have made two significant advances in developing a stem-cell patch to repair the damage caused to the heart after an attack