Increased levels of blood fats in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity are more harmful than previously thought, a new study has found. In…
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Obese mice gain muscle mass and lose fat with once-weekly prednisone. Daily prednisone promotes obesity, but weekly prednisone has ‘strikingly different’ results Weekly prednisone promotes…
The latest sports medicine research shows how eccentric cycling is superior to concentric cycling. Credit: Associate Professor Ryoichi Ema of Shizuoka Sangyo University Japanese researcher…
Device offers insights into artificial muscular pumps, a step toward building an artificial heart. Harvard University researchers, in collaboration with colleagues from Emory University, have…
3D model of an ammonite. Credit: Lesley Cherns et al. Beautifully preserved fossil ammonite collected from 165-million-year-old JurassicThe Jurassic (from the Jura Mountains) is a…
Limb muscles of the Bristol dinosaur, Thecodontosaurus antiquus. Credit: Artwork by Gabriel Ugueto New research led by the University of BristolThe University of Bristol, a…
A study cohort that received an oral supplement of a gut-produced compound had better endurance in two small exercises. An oral supplement intended to stimulate…
An image of a control cell with normal muscle regeneration compared to a cell with the same genetic mutation that people with FOP have. Credit:…
The newly discovered muscle layer runs from the back of the cheekbone to the anterior muscular process of the lower jaw. (S= superficial layer, D=…
Uncovered: Key to How Exercise Protects Against Consequences of Aging Monash University, Australia scientists have discovered an enzyme that is key to why exercise improves…
Weakening muscles are a natural part of the aging process, but for some people with a condition called sarcopenia the decline is abnormally fast. A…
Visualization of local damage in skeletal muscle fibers (soleous and gastro) of young mice after exercise, by staining with local damage markers such as Filamina…
The microtubule network (green) re-organizes at the muscle lesion and attracts myonuclei. Credit: William Roman, iMM Muscle is known to regenerate through a complex process…
Depiction of the application of organic semiconductor nanotubes in artificial muscle. Credit: Artwork courtesy of Mohammad Reza Abidian Actuator Discovery Outperforms Existing Technology University of…
Researchers have developed a mathematical model that can predict the optimum exercise regime for building muscle. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used methods…
Study in mice confirms link between mechanotherapy and immunotherapy in muscle regeneration. Massage has been used to treat sore, injured muscles for more than 3,000…
The roundworm C. elegans lacks eyes and the light-absorbing molecules required to see. Yet, it can sense the nasty-tasting chemicals produced by light, and stops…
Vitamin D supplementation does not have beneficial effects on muscle function, strength, or mass, according to an analysis of all available data from relevant randomized…
Otter floating on water’s surface. Credit: Tray Wright/Texas A&M University (Image obtained under USFWS Marine Mammal Permit No. MA-043219 to R. Davis) Texas A&M researchers…
Results of a compassionate-use study released in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine show promising results for treating muscular dystrophies with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from Wharton’s jelly…