http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Approximately 250,000 people in the United States suffer from muscular dystrophy, which occurs when damaged muscle tissue is replaced with fibrous, bony or fatty tissue and loses function. Three years ago, University of Missouri scientists found a molecular compound that is vital to curing the disease, but they didn't know how to make the compound bind to the muscle cells. In a new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, MU School of Medicine scientists Yi Lai and Dongsheng Duan have discovered the missing pieces to this puzzle that could ultimately lead to a therapy and, potentially, a longer lifespan for patients suffering from the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-muscular-dystrophy-mystery-mu-scientists.html Medical research Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:04:55 EST news274118671 An embryo is an amazing thing. From just one initial cell, an entire living, breathing body emerges, full of working cells and organs. It comes as no surprise that embryonic development is a very carefully orchestrated process—everything has to fall into the right place at the right time. Developmental and cell biologists study this very thing, unraveling the molecular cues that determine how we become human. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-junk-dna-embryonic.html Genetics Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:28:43 EST news273752889 Boosting the activity of a vitamin-sensitive cell adhesion pathway has the potential to counteract the muscle degeneration and reduced mobility caused by muscular dystrophies, according to a research team led by scientists at the University of Maine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-vitamin-based-treatment-muscle-degeneration-muscular.html Medical research Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:30:01 EST news270225706 At the center of a recently released study is an abbreviation that has been around since the 1800s, but many people have no idea what it means, or whether or not it matters. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-bmi-national-standard-piece-weight-loss.html Health Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:50:01 EST news267851416 Muscles have a pool of stem cells which provides a source for muscle growth and for regeneration of injured muscles. The stem cells must reside in special niches of the muscle for efficient growth and repair. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-timenew-insights-muscle-stem-cells.html Medical research Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:32:50 EST news267096761 Scientists have moved closer toward helping people grow big, strong muscles without needing to hit the weight room. Australian researchers have found that by blocking the function of a protein called Grb10 while mice were in the womb, they were considerably stronger and more muscular than their normal counterparts. This discovery appears in the September 2012 issue of The FASEB Journal. Outside of aesthetics, this study has important implications for a wide range of conditions that are worsened by, or cause muscle wasting, such as injury, muscular dystrophy, Type 2 diabetes, and problems produced by muscle inflammation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-hulk-protein-grb10-muscle-growth.html Medical research Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:47:52 EST news265549659 Weight training at a lower intensity but with more repetitions may be as effective for building muscle as lifting heavy weights says a new opinion piece in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-muscle-heavy-weights.html Health Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:36:54 EST news254633670 Active children need to be watered with milk. It's a more effective way of countering dehydration than a sports drink or water itself, say researchers at McMaster University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-rehydrate-kids.html Health Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:53:58 EST news232811622 Research led by the University of East Anglia has discovered the crucial role of a molecule in skeletal muscle development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-crucial-role-molecule-muscle.html Medical research Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:00:17 EST news229008372