Medical research
Fat mice bred to have more muscle give insight
Even without losing fat, more muscle appears to go a long way in fighting off the bad cardiovascular effects of obesity.
Aug 17, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New taxonomy classifies rare genetic bone disorders by metabolic pathogenesis
An International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Working Group on Skeletal Rare Diseases has published a new classification of rare genetic metabolic bone disorders (RGMBDs) according to their metabolic pathogenesis.
Jun 17, 2015
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Medical research
Stem cells key to tackling degenerative muscle disease
EU research suggests that the manipulation of stem cells could help to repair damaged muscle tissue. Given the wide range of age-related and degenerative diseases that affect our society today, this could represent a significant ...
May 8, 2014
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Genetics
Sunday driver gene headed the wrong way in inherited muscle diseases
Skeletal muscle cells with unevenly spaced nuclei, or nuclei in the wrong location, are telltale signs of such inherited muscle diseases as Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, which occurs in one out of every 100,000 births, ...
Mar 26, 2014
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Genetics
Breast cancer gene protects against obesity, diabetes
(Medical Xpress)—The gene known to be associated with breast cancer susceptibility, BRCA 1, plays a critical role in the normal metabolic function of skeletal muscle, according to a new study led by University of Maryland ...
Mar 12, 2014
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Medical research
A step closer to muscle regeneration
(Medical Xpress)—Muscle cell therapy to treat some degenerative diseases, including Muscular Dystrophy, could be a more realistic clinical possibility, now that scientists have found a way to isolate muscle cells from embryonic ...
Dec 10, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vitamin C could ease muscle fatigue in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—a health problem in which the lungs lose their inherent springiness, making it progressively harder to breathe—can have a dramatic effect on the ability to exercise and even perform ...
Nov 7, 2013
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Cardiology
HDL cholesterol controls blood glucose
High density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), the so-called "good" cholesterol improves blood glucose levels by enhancing skeletal muscle function and reducing adiposity, scientists of the Helmholtz Zentrum München report ...
Oct 30, 2013
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Health
Research finds new exercise benefit
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified an important new benefit of exercise: It increases the ability of skeletal muscle cells to remove damaged components and other ...
Sep 26, 2013
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Medical research
Burnt sugar derivative reduces muscle wasting in fly and mouse muscular dystrophy
A trace substance in caramelized sugar, when purified and given in appropriate doses, improves muscle regeneration in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The findings are published today, Aug. 1, in the journal ...
Aug 1, 2013
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