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Sunday 19 Apr 2015 - 13:54 Makkah mean time-30-6-1436  Muscular dystrophy (Image from Internet) Tokyo (IINA) – A group of Japanese university researchers have said the administration of a certain type of protein may be effective in the treatment of muscular dystrophy.
Muscular dystrophy is a disorder that impairs muscle stem cells and causes sufferers to eventually lose their mobility.
The group at Keio University's School of Medicine found that muscle stem cells actively combine with the protein called G-CSF before their mobility decreases.
The group injected the G-CSF protein into the muscle of a mouse that suffered muscular dystrophy. The researchers found the injection prevented the muscle from contracting and prolonged the mouse's life more than twice as long as an untreated mouse.
Team leader Shinsuke Yuasa said that a clinical trial of G-CSF on muscular dystrophy patients would start soon as long as the safety use of the protein has been confirmed to a certain extent. He added that he hopes their study will lead to the development of a treatment that stops the progression of the disease.
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