Experimental pig scaffold aims to regrow muscle in injured legs
Five patients with volumetric muscle loss received porcine extracellular matrix scaffolds plus intensive physical therapy. Six months post op biopsies showed new muscle in all. three men met the study's success threshold of 20 percent leg strength gain, enabling activities like hopping or squatting.
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Stephen Badylak
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Science Translational Medicine
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