The mechanism of skeletal muscle contraction is a process that relies on calcium signaling. However, the physiological role ...

A groundbreaking biodegradable heart patch promises to repair damaged heart muscle by merging with tissue and dissolving ...

Duchenne therapy may be evolving from slowing disease to reversing it—with RNA approaches offering the prospect of restoring ...

In work published in Nature Biotechnology, Rubin and his research group turned to 3D cell culture to take on the problem of generating sufficient satellite cells for regenerative therapies. 2 ...

Type IIb fast-twitch myofibers, known for their rapid contraction speed, are plentiful in small mammals but have largely ...

For more than 30 years, scientists have studied how the myogenic determination gene number 1 (MYOD) protein binds DNA to modify the gene expression of muscle stem cells. Similar to the instant kung fu ...

New research from Edith Cowan University shows that a single bout of weight training or HIIT can boost anti-cancer myokines ...

Fibroblasts, cells that repair heart damage, might cause a cycle of stiffening and scarring in certain heart conditions.

Gracie Butler was 18 when she started experiencing leg pain, but doctors repeatedly sent her home, believing it was caused by ...