Research demonstrates a molecular dance that keeps your heart beating
It might look like a little game at the molecular scale.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 14, 2020
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News tagged with skeletal muscle
Fantastic muscle proteins and where to find them
Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) developed a mouse model that enables them to look inside a working muscle and identify the proteins that allow the sarcomere ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 19, 2020
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Skeletal muscles and satellite cells: How exercise leads to longer lives
A trio of researchers at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute has conducted a review of the ways that periodic activation of satellite cells through exercise can lessen senescence acquisition and myogenic decline. In their ...
New research may help older adults stay physically capable for longer
Drug therapies that help older adults maintain their skeletal muscle mass and physical function for longer could be a step closer after researchers at the University of Birmingham identify a key mechanism that drives the ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 23, 2020
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Antiaging biochemical mechanism found in mouse, bat and naked mole rat cells
Aging is an inevitable part of life, yet some species are aging very differently than others, even than very similar ones.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 11, 2020
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New research tool for studying mitochondrial disorders and aging
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new research tool for studying how mitochondrial protein synthesis is affected by disease, pharmaceuticals, aging and different physiological situations such ...
Biotechnology
Nov 5, 2019
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Lab-grown meat: Researchers grow muscle cells on edible fibers
Lab-grown or cultured meat could revolutionize food production, providing a greener, more sustainable, more ethical alternative to large-scale meat production. But getting lab-grown meat from the petri dish to the dinner ...
Other
Oct 21, 2019
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Self-growing materials that strengthen in response to force
A strategy inspired by the process responsible for muscle growth could lead to the development of stronger, longer-lasting materials.
Polymers
Jan 31, 2019
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Chimpanzee 'super strength' and what it might mean in human muscle evolution
Since at least the 1920s, anecdotes and some studies have suggested that chimpanzees are "super strong" compared to humans, implying that their muscle fibers, the cells that make up muscles, are superior to humans.
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2017
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Now you can 'build your own' bio-bot
I'll bet you don't have one of these at home.
Engineering
Feb 13, 2017
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