Scientists from the Stanford University School of Medicine have now created a mouse model of muscular dystrophy, in which the degenerating muscle gives off visible light. The observed luminescence occurs only in damaged muscle tissue and in direct proportion to cumulative damage sustained in that tissue, permitting precise monitoring of the disease's progress in the mice, the researchers say. While this technique cannot be used in humans, it paves the ...Sunday, 28 April 2013
Muscular Dystrophy Research Aided by 'Light'
Scientists from the Stanford University School of Medicine have now created a mouse model of muscular dystrophy, in which the degenerating muscle gives off visible light. The observed luminescence occurs only in damaged muscle tissue and in direct proportion to cumulative damage sustained in that tissue, permitting precise monitoring of the disease's progress in the mice, the researchers say. While this technique cannot be used in humans, it paves the ...
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