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The secret army that repairs your body 24 hours a day

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A neuron one day, a muscle the next: stem cells are capable of transforming into almost anything. Brendan Evano, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, takes us deep into the world of these chameleon-like cells that are already changing lives and could soon conquer the most severe muscle diseases.
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(video in french, english subtitles available translated by AI)
 

Your body has a secret army: stem cells.

Brendan Evano, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, explains: these miraculous cells repair your organs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

They can replicate indefinitely, differentiate into various types of tissue, and detect damage to repair it.

Today, they’re already saving lives: leukemias treated with bone marrow transplants, regenerated corneas…

But the real revolution is just beginning.

Brendan and his team are studying how to correct genetic errors in your stem cells to fight the most severe muscle diseases, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The goal: to rebuild healthy muscle, restore your mobility, and give you a better quality of life.

Every experiment brings them closer to a future where these diseases will no longer be a death sentence.