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ISSN: 1735-7667 Iranian Journal of Military Medicine 2012;14(2):1-6
ISSN: 1735-7667 Iranian Journal of Military Medicine 2012;14(2):1-6
Skeletal Muscle Tissue Engineering: Present and Future
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Original ResearchAuthors
Jamalpoor Z. (1)Asgari A. ()
Nourani M. R. (2)
() Exercise Physiology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(1) Faculty of Medicine, Army University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(2) Department of Tissue Engineering, Chemical Injuries Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Article History
Received: May 22, 2012Accepted: June 9, 2012
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ABSTRACT
Aims
Approximately 40% of every adult human body mass is composed of skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle diseases range from the debilitating to crippling and may even end to death. The skeletal muscle stem cells, the satellite cells, are few in numbers. The ability to take a few cells from an adult human and produce a large mass of functional skeletal muscle would be of invaluable benefit to human kind.
Conclusion As of today it seems that designing and constructing a skeletal muscle substitute with real functional properties is a little far out of reach; because there as yet exists an effective and clinically feasible method for engineering a skeletal muscle that would be large enough with mature and livable fibers aligned in the same direction.
Conclusion As of today it seems that designing and constructing a skeletal muscle substitute with real functional properties is a little far out of reach; because there as yet exists an effective and clinically feasible method for engineering a skeletal muscle that would be large enough with mature and livable fibers aligned in the same direction.
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