Viezec Medical Health Care

  Muscular dystrophy is a muscle-wasting illness that manifests itself in a variety of ways. Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most prevalent type of the illness, affects around one in every 3,500 boys globally. What new therapies could stem cell research lead to? Muscular dystrophies are a category of hereditary disorders that cause heart and skeletal muscle weakening and degeneration. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by a deficiency of a protein called dystrophin, which causes muscles to be readily destroyed. Muscle injury may produce inflammation, which can lead to additional muscle tissue damage. Satellite cells in DMD patients, on the other hand, fail to produce enough myoblasts and get depleted rapidly. Satellite cells and the causes of muscle injury, as well as therapies that assist decrease muscle damage, such as anti-inflammatory medications, are all being investigated by researchers. Dystrophin-producing cells are being transplanted into patients in the hopes