Request for Funding

Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2002

Mentor: Maureen Finnegan
Department: Orthopaedic Surgery
Room number: H7.100
Mail Code: 8883
Phone number: 83868
E-mail: Maureen.Finnegan@utsouthwestern.edu
Project title: Conversion of Marrow Stem Cells to Myocytes in a Controlled Cell Culture Environment

Human subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): N/A

Animal subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): N/A

Project Type (patient-based research, animal-based research, or basic research; this characterization is only to permit a general classification for grouping similar types of projects) Laboratory -- Cell culture

Brief Description of Project: This lab has previously documented conversion of marrow stem cells to both fibroblasts and osteoblasts. The purpose of this study was to attempt to induce myoblast formation from marrow stem cells by modulation of the cell culture environment. Marrow is removed from the femurs of rodents being sacrificed from other studies. Under laminar flow, the cells are flushed and plated. They are grown to confluence under strict conditions. Cells are then sacrificed and examined.

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