A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as “Aging (Albany NY)” and “Aging-US” by Web of Science ...

Chemotherapeutic agents are often used to treat cancer. They combat tumor growth, but also have a number of undesirable side effects. One of these is severe muscle wasting, known as ...

While the last decade has brought considerable progress for patients with DMD, substantial unmet need remains. Several ...

The benefits of more protein in the diet extend beyond muscle. Protein-containing foods also provide other essential ...

A team of researchers led by Emory's Chunhui Xu recently found that heart muscle cells can grow -and survive in the microgravity environment of space.

With the recent surge in popularity of weight loss drugs like Ozempic, altogether called GLP-1s, there has been renewed scientific interest in understanding how our bodies regulate muscle growth.

Incretin-mimetic drugs contribute to dramatic weight loss, but this does not solely mean fat loss. In this article, we ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows.

What do heart muscle cells, NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission and the International Space Station have in common? They're all part of new out-of-this-world research that launched in March.

Scientists identify a signaling pathway that triggers muscle fatigue in response to nervous system inflammation or infections ...

Skeletal muscle is composed of fascicles, bundled units of multiple muscle fibers or muscle cells. Each muscle fiber consists of a cross-banded structure that is further divided into myofibrils that ...

Researchers have developed a noninvasive AI-driven method to accurately reconstruct heart muscle cell electrical activity, ...