News tagged with human muscles

Mexican experts find ancient blood on stone knives

(AP) - Traces of blood and fragments of muscle, tendon, skin and hair found on 2,000-year-old stone knives have given researchers the first conclusive evidence that the obsidian blades were used for human sacrifice so long ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Immortal worms defy aging

Researchers from The University of Nottingham have demonstrated how a species of flatworm overcomes the ageing process to be potentially immortal.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (38) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Scientists use silk from the tasar silkworm as a scaffold for heart tissue

(PhysOrg.com) -- Damaged human heart muscle cannot be regenerated. Scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscle cells. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanocrystals make dentures shine

German chemists succeeded in producing a new kind of glass-ceramic with a nanocrystalline structure, which seems to be well suited to be used in dentistry due to their high strength and its optical characteristics. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find pet kidney injuries are similar to human kidney injuries

When evaluating early kidney injuries in people, doctors monitor blood level increases of creatinine, a waste product of muscle breakdown, to understand the severity of the injury. Creatinine is filtered by the kidneys, and ...

Biology / Other

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cardiac cells might help fix heart attack damage

(AP) -- Scientists say they've found cells in the hearts of mice that can make new muscle after a heart attack, raising hopes that doctors can one day help the human heart repair itself.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microscopic worms could help open up travel into deep space

(PhysOrg.com) -- A space flight by millions of microscopic worms could help us overcome the numerous threats posed to human health by space travel. The Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) have also given experts an insight ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Discovery sheds more light on deadly thoracic aortic disease

Discovery of a fifth gene defect and the identification of 47 DNA regions linked to thoracic aortic disease are the subject of studies released this month involving researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers achieve major breakthrough in cell reprogramming

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers has made so significant a leap forward in reprogramming human adult cells that HSCI co-director Doug Melton, who did not participate in the work, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Muscle wasting in cancer does not spare the heart

The wasting disease associated with some cancers that is typically seen affecting skeletal muscles can also cause significant damage to the heart, new research in mice suggests.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Humans have a mighty bite: Size matters, but efficiency matters more

The robust jaws and formidable teeth of some of our ancestors and ape cousins may suggest that humans are wimps when it comes to producing a powerful bite: but a new study has found the opposite is true, with ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

It was brawn over beauty in human mating competition

(PhysOrg.com) -- Male physical competition, not attraction, was central in winning mates among human ancestors, according to a Penn State anthropologist.

Biology / Evolution

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (13) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Invigorated muscle structure allows geese to brave the Himalayas: research

A higher density of blood vessels and other unique physiological features in the flight muscles of bar-headed geese allow them to do what even the most elite of human athletes struggle to accomplish - assert ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human cardiac master stem cells identified

(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified the earliest master human heart stem cell from human embryonic stem cells - ISL1+ progenitors - that ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Discovery Links Proteins Necessary to Repair Membranes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are a step closer to treating, and perhaps preventing, muscle damage caused by disease and aging. In their study, published in the June issue of Journal of ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0