Hormone replacement therapy improves muscle function
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) significantly improves muscle function – down to the muscle fibre level – in postmenopausal women, a new study published today in The Journal of Physiology shows.
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Apr 30, 2013 |
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World's most detailed 3-D computer model of heart chambers
Researchers from The University of Auckland have developed the world's most detailed 3D computer models of the heart's upper chambers.
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Apr 04, 2013 |
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Brain tumours and peripheral neuropathy
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry are part of an international team which has for the first time identified the role of a tumour suppressor in peripheral neuropathy ...
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Fighting fat with fat: Stem cell discovery identifies potential obesity treatment
Ottawa scientists have discovered a trigger that turns muscle stem cells into brown fat, a form of good fat that could play a critical role in the fight against obesity. The findings from Dr. Michael Rudnicki's ...
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Feb 05, 2013 |
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Study sheds light on how our brains move limbs
(Medical Xpress)—A Queen's University study is giving new insight into how the neurons in our brains control our limbs. The research might one day help with the design of more functional artificial limbs.
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Jan 16, 2013 |
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Novel discovery links anti-cancer drugs to muscle repair
Few drugs are available to treat muscle injury, muscle wasting and genetic disorders causing muscle degeneration, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy. A compelling discovery that may change this was made recently by a research ...
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Oct 16, 2012 |
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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 ...
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Sep 26, 2012 |
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Impaired protein degradation causes muscle diseases
New insights into certain muscle diseases, the filaminopathies, are reported by an international research team led by Dr. Rudolf Andre Kley of the RUB's University Hospital Bergmannsheil in the journal Brain. The scientists from t ...
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Sep 25, 2012 |
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Reconnecting nerves to their target muscles
European researchers are working toward restoration of mobility in neuromuscular disease and trauma. Using miniature scaffolds to guide nerve regeneration, they are seeking to ensure proper functional connections ...
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Jul 31, 2012 |
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Successful transplant of patient-derived stem cells into mice with muscular dystrophy
Stem cells from patients with a rare form of muscular dystrophy have been successfully transplanted into mice affected by the same form of dystrophy, according to a new study published today in Science Tr ...
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Jun 27, 2012 |
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New discovery of proteins involved in positioning muscular nuclei
The position of cellular nuclei in muscle fibres has an important role in some muscle weaknesses. Edgar Gomes, an Inserm researcher in the myology group at the Institute of Myology (mixed Inserm/UPMC unit) recently made this ...
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Mar 20, 2012 |
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Jamb and Jamc are essential proteins for the fusion of muscle cells: study
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered two proteins that are essential for the fusion of muscle cells to build muscle fibres. Their discovery might help us better understand and treat illnesses ...
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Dec 13, 2011 |
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'Skipping' drug marks step forward for muscular dystrophy
An experimental drug designed to fit a DNA patch in a flawed gene has cleared an important hurdle in tests on boys struck by a tragic muscle-wasting disease, a British study on Monday says.
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Jul 25, 2011 |
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