Cardiology
What should our maximum heart rate be during exercise?
You have your runners on, your FitBit is charged, but now what?
Apr 1, 2019
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News tagged with muscle cells
Diabetes
Less sugar, please! New studies show low glucose levels might assist muscle repair
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that skeletal muscle satellite cells, key players in muscle repair, proliferate better in low glucose environments. This is contrary to conventional wisdom that says ...
Apr 5, 2021
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Medical research
How it works: The protein that stimulates muscle growth
In the gym, you are not just pumping iron, you are oxygenating muscle cells which keeps those muscles healthy, strong and growing—a process called hypertrophy, or an increase in muscle mass due to an increase in muscle ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Cardiology
How to trick your heart into thinking you exercise
Researchers have discovered that a protein called cardiotrophin 1 (CT1) can trick the heart into growing in a healthy way and pumping more blood, just as it does in response to exercise and pregnancy. They show that this ...
Aug 8, 2017
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Cardiology
How to turn damaged heart tissue back into healthy heart muscle—new details emerge
Reversing scar tissue after a heart attack to create healthy heart muscle: this would be a game-changer in the field of cardiology and regenerative medicine. In the lab, scientists have shown it's possible to change fibroblasts ...
Oct 25, 2017
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Medical research
Mitochondrial function changes as we age
(Phys.org)—A new study finds that age-related onset of type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance may be due to the lowered ability of muscle mitochondria to switch from metabolizing fatty acids to metabolizing glucose ...
Neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis discovery could end disease's chronic inflammation
University of Virginia Health neuroscientists have discovered a potential way to disrupt the chronic inflammation responsible for multiple sclerosis.
Feb 15, 2023
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Medical research
Scientists reprogram stem cells to regenerate muscle in muscular dystrophy
Specially programmed stem cells demonstrated the potential to regenerate lost muscle mass in muscular dystrophy, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications.
Dec 22, 2017
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Medical research
Exercise may have different effects in the morning and evening
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have learned that the effect of exercise may differ depending on the time of day it is performed. In mice, they demonstrate that exercise in the morning results in an increased ...
Jun 14, 2019
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Medical research
Discovery reveals potential way to prevent heart attacks, strokes
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a potential way to head off heart attacks and strokes by strengthening the fibrous caps overlying atherosclerotic plaques that naturally accumulate ...
Mar 24, 2021
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