News & Events: Xiaoti Xu, M.D.

UCSF News reports on research by Xiaoti Xu, M.D. and a team in the Pomerantz Lab showing that human muscle stem cells could be transplanted into a new environment and have the capacity to regenerate lost muscle tissue. Dr. Xu is a UCSF Plastic Surgery Resident and former research fellow in the lab.  The image shows cross-sectioned muscle fibers as black shapes outlined in green. The catch: these are human muscle fibers, grown from human stem cells. Xiaoti Xu, MD, a resident physician in UC San Francisco's Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, studies a type of stem cell called [...]