Performing Human Skeletal Muscle Xenografts in Immunodeficient Mice
Title:
Performing Human Skeletal Muscle Xenografts in Immunodeficient Mice
Author:
Britson, Kyla A.
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (468 seconds)
Series:
Developmental Biology
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Abstract:
Complex human diseases can be challenging to model in traditional laboratory model systems. Here, we describe a surgical approach to model human muscle disease through the transplantation of human skeletal muscle biopsies into immunodeficient mice.
Reading Level:
For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
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Electronic Access:
https://www.jove.com/t/59966