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Photograph of Dr. Amar Kishan
Three panel image with Luke Riggan, Professor Tim O’Sullivan and Andrew Hildreth.
Headshot of Antoni Ribas in a lab coat with arms crossed
These microscopic images show gene expression in muscle stem and progenitor cells as they mature from early development to adulthood (left to right). As part of this process, the cells switch from actively expressing one key gene (green) to another (violet); this is accompanied by the growth of muscle fibers (red).
A researcher in a UCLA Health laboratory.
Leia Nghiemphu, the study’s co-author, and Dr. Frank Pajonk, the senior author.
(From left) Dr. Steven Jonas, Jason Belling and Paul Weiss of UCLA