Health
How to burn calories during everyday tasks
Looking for ways to burn extra calories? Don't just stand there—these moves allow you to multitask for fitness.
May 27, 2019
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News tagged with muscle fibers
Medical research
Muscle fibers grown in the lab offer new model for studying muscular dystrophy
Skeletal muscle is one of the most abundant tissue types in the human body, but has proven difficult to produce in large quantities in the lab. Unlike other cell types, such as heart cells, neurons and cells found in the ...
Aug 3, 2015
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Resistance training improves sleep quality and reduces inflammation in older people with sarcopenia
Sarcopenia is the decline of skeletal muscle mass with age, leading to loss of muscle strength (to move objects, shake hands etc.) and performance (walking and making other routine movements effectively). It involves chronic ...
Mar 2, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study identifies features that may make motor neurons vulnerable to ALS
New research offers clues about the biology of cells in the spinal cord that die off in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases. A team of researchers supported by the National Institutes ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Medical research
Researchers identify muscle factor that controls fat metabolism
Metabolic diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, have risen to epidemic proportions in the U.S. and occur in about 30 percent of the population. Skeletal muscle plays a prominent role in controlling the body's glucose ...
Feb 16, 2021
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Neuroscience
Protective molecule sidelined in models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Researchers at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have identified a naturally occurring molecule that has the potential for preserving sites of communication between nerves and muscles in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...
Nov 18, 2016
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Medical research
Feeling groovy: Neurons integrate better with muscle grown on grooved platforms
Growing muscle tissue on grooved platforms helps neurons more effectively integrate with the muscle, a requirement for engineering muscle in the lab that responds and functions like muscle in the body, University of Illinois ...
Jan 23, 2019
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Medical research
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.
Sep 17, 2012
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Medical research
Cancer drug shows potential as treatment for muscular dystrophy
Researchers at the University of British Columbia's School of Biomedical Engineering have discovered that an existing cancer drug could have potential as a treatment for muscular dystrophy.
Jun 29, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
An artificial muscle to study Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscular dystrophy diagnosed in childhood, with approximately 20,000 new cases reported each year. It is a progressive muscle disorder that results in the loss of muscle ...
Sep 29, 2023
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