Can stem cell therapy cure muscular dystrophy(DMD)?

If we have success with DMD, similar methods could be used to treat other degenerative disorders, and perhaps even some of the degeneration that occurs during normal aging. Statement of Benefit to California: The proposed research could lead to a stem cell therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). read more

People with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), lack a protein called dystrophin, which makes their muscles easily damaged. Muscle damage may lead to inflammation that causes further damage to muscle tissue. Normally, muscle stem cells, called ‘satellite cells’, create myoblast cells that repair damaged muscle fibres. read more

Stem Cell Therapy. Our stem cell transplantation program for muscular dystrophy consist in 6 to 8 simple and minimally invasive injections of umbilical cord derived stem cells. The stem cells are transplanted using two separate methods: by intravenous way using a standard IV drip system, and through intramuscular injection in the affected muscles. read more

Different types of stem cells, including bone marrow-derived stem cell, Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell (UCMSC), Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells, have been under research as novel options to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) both on disease models and clinical trials in recent years. read more