Scientists discover that muscles repair themselves by moving thousands of internal nuclei, a rapid process that is key after ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy, affecting about 1 in 8,000 people.

Tiny robots could serve all kinds of useful functions, but shrinking their actuators has proven challenging. Now researchers at the University of Wollongong (UOW) in Australia have made artificial ...

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that a protein called platelet-derived growth factor subunit B (PDGF-B) is continuously secreted from skeletal muscle cells and helps to ...

Skeletal muscle blood flow regulation is a critical physiological process ensuring that active muscle tissue receives adequate oxygen and nutrients during both rest and exercise. This regulation is ...

Biological muscles act as flexible actuators, generating force naturally and with an impressive range of motion.

Two related studies published today in Nature Metabolism show that a specialized intracellular recycling mechanism—chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA)—is essential for muscle health. The research, ...

Adult skeletal muscle is a tissue with a high capacity for regeneration due to the existence of stem cell population, termed ...

If your fitness goal is to up the ante on endurance, pack more power into your sprint, or supercharge your strength gains in the gym, it’s worth exploring – what are the different muscle fiber types?

Researchers building a model of muscle damage in a cultured system found that components leaking from broken muscle fibers activate ''satellite cells,'' which are muscle stem cells. While attempting ...