Medical research
Sports scientists piecing together jigsaw puzzle of muscle growth
ports scientists at the University of Stirling have created a blueprint to help piece together the puzzle of human muscle growth.
Dec 9, 2014
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Does maternal obesity during pregnancy impact offspring's liver and skeletal muscle metabolism?
A recent study in The FASEB Journal has identified metabolic perturbations in the liver and skeletal muscle of young nonhuman primates on normal diets whose mothers were obese during pregnancy.
Nov 23, 2022
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Diabetes
One week of bed rest lowers muscle mass, insulin sensitivity
(HealthDay)—One week of bed rest is associated with a substantial reduction in skeletal muscle mass and decreased whole-body insulin sensitivity, according to a study published online June 29 in Diabetes.
Jul 13, 2016
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Researchers quantify muscle soreness
Quantifying how sore a person is after a long workout is a challenge for doctors and researchers, but scientists from Loma Linda and Asuza Pacific Universities think they may have figured it out. Their research article describing ...
Jan 23, 2012
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Health
Resistance training enhances recycling capacity in muscles
A new study at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, reports that autophagosome content is increased by resistance training in previously untrained young men, but this response may be blunted by aging. Autophagy is a major ...
Apr 9, 2018
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Decellularized mouse heart beats again after regenerating with human heart precursor cells
For the first time, a mouse heart was able to contract and beat again after its own cells were stripped and replaced with human heart precursor cells, said scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. ...
Aug 13, 2013
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Losing muscle power as we age: A fat molecule may be a factor in the decline of strength in older adults
As people get older, fat tissue inevitably takes up residence in their muscles, but some of that fat may be particularly damaging. A small study conducted at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) ...
Aug 12, 2013
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Medical research
Test to save patients from invasive open biopsies
University of Queensland researchers are developing diagnostic tests for a genetic condition which can cause the body to fatally overheat while under a general anaesthetic.
Jul 23, 2018
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Medical research
New muscular disease myoglobinopathy described
Researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) led by Dr. Montse Olivé have described in Nature Communications a new muscular disease caused by a mutation in the myoglobin gene. The study was led by ...
Mar 27, 2019
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Extracellular RNA in urine may provide useful biomarkers for muscular dystrophy
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have found that extracellular RNA (exRNA) in urine may be a source of biomarkers for the two most common forms of muscular dystrophy, noninvasively providing information about ...
Sep 25, 2018
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