The Hidetoshi Sakurai Laboratory at CiRA has successfully reproduced the pathology of Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 (DM1) using skeletal muscle cells generated from patient-derived iPS cells and demonstrated their use for quantitative ...
Jan 12, 2023
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A new research paper was published in Aging, entitled, "Transcriptomic analysis of human ALS skeletal muscle reveals a disease-specific pattern of dysregulated circRNAs."
Jan 12, 2023
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Deakin University academics have developed a new approach to health and fitness that could revolutionize the way older Australians exercise and improve their sense of well-being.
Dec 19, 2022
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Aging remains a primary risk factor for a host of diseases, including leading causes of death. Aging and associated diseases are inherently multifactorial, with numerous contributing factors and phenotypes at the molecular, ...
Dec 16, 2022
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About 80% of people with cancer suffer from significant muscle wasting, or loss of muscle tissue, and 30% of these patients die from this condition. New research in mice finds that the severity of muscle wasting is related ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in breast cancer survivors. A new study out of the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute has found that exercise training three to four times per week protects against ...
Nov 8, 2022
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Being physically active in middle age—before having a heart attack—may reduce the risk of having a second heart attack, according to new research.
Nov 8, 2022
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Skeletal muscle is the largest metabolic organ in the body. It is composed of muscle fibers, blood vessels, nerves and connective tissue. In skeletal muscle, blood vessels are responsible for transporting oxygen, nutrients ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Progress by a UMass Chan Medical School researcher in developing a gene therapy for a rare, crippling bone disease has reached an important milestone with demonstration of proof-of-concept in a humanized mouse model of fibrodysplasia ...
Oct 20, 2022
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A mouse study by Kristin Stanford, a physiology and cell biology researcher with The Ohio State University College of Medicine at the Wexner Medical Center, provides new ways to determine how maternal and paternal exercise ...
Oct 20, 2022
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