'Heart-in-a-dish' paves way for personalized treatment for heart failure
McGill researchers have developed a new way to study why the same heart failure treatment can help some patients recover while others continue to get worse.
Nov 2, 2026
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Cells: News and Research on Muscle Cells
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Lab-grown blood vessels reveal roles of different cells in rapid-aging disease
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a three-layer model of human blood vessels that enables researchers to better understand how Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), a rare genetic disorder that ...
Oct 9, 2026
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Modifying heart cell metabolism unlocks self-repair system after heart attack
The adult human heart is a reliable, resilient engine fueling our everyday lives while also being responsive enough to supercharge a Usain Bolt sprint or sustain a three-week bike race in the French Alps and Pyrenees.
Sep 29, 2026
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The hidden switch behind one of the biggest paradoxes in aging muscle
Our muscles are built from bundles of fibers. Some are fast-twitch, tuned for quick, powerful bursts of effort but quick to tire. Others are slow-twitch, built for endurance and packed with more mitochondria, the structures ...
Sep 29, 2026
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Beating 'mini-heart' derived from patient's blood cells offers personalized disease model
A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (The Institute) have created a three-dimensional, beating heart-on-a-chip, or "mini-heart," using blood cells from a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy ...
Sep 8, 2026
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Gene regulation map reveals treatment targets for heart failure
Researchers from the University of California San Diego have created the most detailed map to date of how gene regulation breaks down in human heart failure, revealing how genes are controlled in specific cell types as the ...
Jul 23, 2026
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Researchers estimate the upper limit of human lifespan determined by somatic mutations
Researchers from Skoltech and co-authors from AIRI have, for the first time, quantitatively assessed how somatic mutations—random DNA changes that accumulate in cells with age—limit the maximum human lifespan. The work was ...
Jul 16, 2026
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Why eating in the middle of the night can cause gastrointestinal issues
Eating when the body is normally asleep appears to desynchronize the circadian clocks of different cell types in the intestines, a UT Southwestern Medical Center study suggests. The findings, published in PNAS, could help ...
Jun 9, 2026
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Conductive plastic mimics heart cell ion signaling for first time
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in artificially mimicking the ion signaling of heart muscle cells. To succeed, researchers at LiU have used organic electronics based on conductive plastics. The findings, published ...
Jun 3, 2026
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Rethinking mRNA vaccines: Liver targeting can suppress immunity, while muscle boosts it
A new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai overturns a longstanding assumption about how mRNA vaccines generate immunity, revealing that certain non-immune cells help determine vaccine effectiveness.
Apr 29, 2026
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