Health
Exercise keeps muscles—and you—young
A University of Guelph professor has uncovered the "secret" to staying strong as we age - superb fitness.
Mar 30, 2016
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Neuroscience
Squatting in 'skinny' jeans can damage nerve and muscle fibers in legs and feet
Squatting in 'skinny' jeans for a protracted period of time can damage muscle and nerve fibres in the legs, making it difficult to walk, reveals a case study published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
Jun 22, 2015
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Medical research
Scientists grow leg muscle from cells in a dish
A team of researchers from Italy, Israel and the United Kingdom has succeeded in generating mature, functional skeletal muscles in mice using a new approach for tissue engineering. The scientists grew a leg muscle starting ...
Feb 25, 2015
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Medical research
Hope for muscular dystrophy patients: Harnessing gene helps repair muscle damage
Researchers have successfully improved the ability of muscle to repair itself - by artificially increasing levels of the BMI1 gene in the muscle-specific stem cells of mice with muscular dystrophy.
Jan 15, 2015
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Medical research
Brief exposure to performance-enhancing drugs may be permanently 'remembered' by muscles
Brief exposure to anabolic steroids may have long lasting, possibly permanent, performance-enhancing effects, shows a study published today [28 October] in The Journal of Physiology.
Oct 28, 2013
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Cardiology
Misread heart muscle gene a new clue to risk of sudden cardiac death
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have discovered that a drug which increases the risk of sudden cardiac death interacts with mistranslated protein-coding genes present in heart muscle.
Sep 16, 2013
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Medical research
Discovery one step closer to treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(Medical Xpress)—A University of Alberta researcher has pinpointed a mutation that brings the medical community another step closer to treating those who suffer from a fatal type of muscular dystrophy.
Jul 30, 2013
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Medical research
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.
Apr 30, 2013
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Cardiology
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.
Apr 4, 2013
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Neuroscience
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 ...
Mar 5, 2013
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