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National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified proteins
that allow muscle cells in mice to form from the fusion of the
early stage cells that give rise to the muscle cells. The
findings have implications for understanding how to repair and
rehabilitate muscle tissue and to understanding other processes
involving cell fusion, such as when a sperm fertilizes an egg,
when viruses infect cells, or when specialized cells called
osteoclasts dissolve and assimilate bone tissue in order to
repair and maintain bones. The findings were published online
January 7 in the Journal of "Through a process that starts with
these progenitor cells, the body forms tissue that accounts for
about one-third of its total weight," said the study's senior
author, Leonid V. Chernomordik, PhD. "Our study provides the
first look at the very early stages