Nataliia Sych Author
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Cell Therapy, Stem Cell, Regenerative Medicine
Clinical Department, Cell Therapy Center EmCell, Kiev, Ukraine
Nataliia Sych is currently working at Clinical Department, Cell Therapy Center EmCell, Kiev, Ukraine. Her Research interest are Cell Therapy, stem cell and regenarative medicine. she has published 25 articles, 984 Reads and 98 Citations in research gate.
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Author(s): Dario Siniscalco and Nataliia Sych
Regenerative Potential of Stem Cells for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a childhood, severe, X-chromosome linked neuromuscular disorder, affecting 1:3500 male births. It is characterized by mutations in the dystrophin gene, leading to the alteration of the open reading frame and consequently to the loss of dystrophin protein synthesis. The muscular degeneration of muscle fibres causes progressive damage leading to death. Currently, there is no curative treatment for DMD [4], as this disorder can be considered an untreatable fatal disease. Novel therapeutical approaches have been proposed in the last years. Among them,... view moreĀ»