{"610045":{"#nid":"610045","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Stem cell-loaded hydrogel boosts healing process of aging muscles","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026#39;s an unfortunate fact of life that as we get older, our cells gradually lose the ability to heal themselves. Thankfully, one part of that might be treatable in the near future. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/young-jang\u0022\u003EYoung Jang\u003C\/a\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biosci.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E and researchers have developed a hydrogel that holds muscle stem cells.The team says this could treat injuries in the elderly and people with muscular dystrophy. Read the Georgia Tech coverage of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/advances.sciencemag.org\/content\/4\/8\/eaar4008\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/matrix-delivers-healing-stem-cells-injured-elderly-muscles\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.biospace.com\/article\/august-24-research-roundup-stem-cells-for-muscle-autism-dementia-and-more\/?s=62\u0022\u003Ecoverage by BioSpace\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34651","created_gmt":"2018-08-20 18:45:55","changed_gmt":"2018-08-28 12:14:30","author":"mrosten3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Focus Scholars","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/muscle-stem-cell-hydrogel-repair\/55962\/","dateline":{"date":"2018-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"609788":{"id":"609788","type":"image","title":"Woojin Han observes muscle tissue in Young Jang\u0027s lab","body":null,"created":"1534355598","gmt_created":"2018-08-15 17:53:18","changed":"1534355598","gmt_changed":"2018-08-15 17:53:18","alt":"","file":{"fid":"232224","name":"WoojinHan.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/WoojinHan.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/WoojinHan.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2864547,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/WoojinHan.jpg?itok=imNBBPkS"}}},"media_ids":["609788"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"174815","name":"Young Jang"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"11639","name":"muscle"},{"id":"167413","name":"Stem Cell"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}