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Dr. Jeffrey Dilworth awarded $2.3 million for muscle regeneration research
October 6, 2015
Thousands of stem cells within our muscle tissue must make a difficult decision every day: Should I divide to produce another stem cell? Should I start becoming a new muscle fibre? Or should I just stay in bed? Dr. Jeffrey Dilworth was recently awarded $2.3 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to try to figure out how muscle stem cells make this decision. His research focuses on epigenetics: studying how factors in the muscle environment can change how DNA is packaged and used within muscle stem cells. High-throughput screening will be used to identify key epigenetic enzymes and drugs to control them, potentially leading to new therapies for diseases such as muscular dystrophy and muscle weakness associated with aging and cancer. Dr. Dilworth is one of seven scientists at The Ottawa Hospital recently awarded CIHR Foundation grants.
Collaborators: Kai Ge, Marjorie Brand, Evi Soutoglou, Davide Gabellini, Jean Mah, Cheryl Arrowsmith.
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