A team of Purdue University scientists led by Shihuan Kuang has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to define the role of lipid droplets in muscle stem cell function, a study with implications in both humans and livestock.
“Lipid droplets are important as a regulatory component of the stem cell. The content of lipid droplets makes the stem cell function better or worse,” said Kuang, Cancer Center Chair in Stem Cell Biology and a professor of animal sciences in Purdue’s College of Agriculture.
The human angle will focus on muscle-related disease, aging…
