Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: muscle repair http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Muscle repair after injury helped by fat-forming cells (Medical Xpress)—UC San Francisco scientists have discovered that muscle repair requires the action of two types of cells better known for causing inflammation and forming fat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-muscle-injury-fat-forming-cells.html Medical research Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:38:10 EST news285575823 From degeneration to regeneration: Advances in skeletal muscle engineering A study published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Skeletal Muscle reports of a new therapeutic technique to repair and rebuild muscle for sufferers of degenerative muscle disorders. The therapy brings together two existing techniques for muscle repair – cell transplantation and tissue engineering – specifically, mesoangioblast stem cells delivered via a hydrogel cell-carrier matrix. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-degeneration-regeneration-advances-skeletal-muscle.html Medical research Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:21:38 EST news273158490 Researchers make old muscles young again in attempt to combat aging An international team of scientists have identified for the first time a key factor responsible for declining muscle repair during ageing, and discovered how to halt the process in mice with a common drug. Although an early study, the findings provide clues as to how muscles lose mass with age, which can result in weakness that affects mobility and may cause falls. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-muscles-young-combat-aging.html Medical research Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:00:22 EST news267876888 At the right place at the right time—new insights into muscle stem cells 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 Researchers review muscular dystrophy therapies Leading muscular dystrophy researcher Dean Burkin, of the University of Nevada School of Medicine summarizes the impact of a new protein therapeutic, MG53, for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in an article published this week in Science Translational Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-muscular-dystrophy-therapies.html Medical research Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:38:12 EST news259576622 Exercise triggers stem cells in muscle University of Illinois researchers determined that an adult stem cell present in muscle is responsive to exercise, a discovery that may provide a link between exercise and muscle health. The findings could lead to new therapeutic techniques using these cells to rehabilitate injured muscle and prevent or restore muscle loss with age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-triggers-stem-cells-muscle.html Medical research Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:39:51 EST news247754383