Can Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Stromal Cells Serve a Starting Material for Myoblasts?

• Main Authors: Yu Ando (Author), Marie Saito (Author), Masakazu Machida (Author), Chikako Yoshida-Noro (Author), Hidenori Akutsu (Author), Masataka Takahashi (Author), Masashi Toyoda (Author), Akihiro Umezawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A large number of myocytes are necessary to treat intractable muscular disorders such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy with cell-based therapies. However, starting materials for cellular therapy products such as myoblasts, marrow stromal cells, menstrual blood-derived cells, and placenta-derived cells...