Humble aquarium fish helps Melbourne scientists discover how to reverse muscle trauma
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A popular aquarium fish is helping medical researchers working in the field of muscle regeneration.
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Melbourne scientists say they have found a way to harness the power of stem cells and make them regenerate muscle, in a discovery that could offer hope for muscular dystrophy sufferers, the elderly and people with muscular limb damage.
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They say the speed and extent of the repairs haven t been seen before
Clinical trials are at least two years away, but researchers hope the discovery will change lives