Hicks et al discover novel markers enabling enrichment and transplantation of skeletal muscle cells from human pluripotent stem cells!

Hicks et al. Nature Cell Biology 20, 46–57 (2017)

News and Views: Muscling toward therapy with ERBB3 and NGFR

https://stemcell.ucla.edu/news/ucla-researchers-create-skeletal-muscle-stem-cells

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2017/12/18/ucla-scientists-on-track-to-develop-a-stem-cell-replacement-therapy-for-duchenne-muscular-dystrophy/

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-researchers-create-skeletal-muscle-from-stem-cells

A step forward in therapy for muscle-wasting disorders
ScienceDaily, MyScience.org, Medical Xpress, the Stem Cellar, Innovation Toronto, Dotemirates, Technology Networks, Health News Digest and Lab Manager Magazinereported on UCLA researcher April Pyle’s successful creation of skeletal muscle from stem cells, a major step toward a stem cell replacement therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and other muscle-wasting disorders. Pyle is an associate professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics in the UCLA College of Letters and Science and the David Geffen School of Medicine and a member of the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center.