A research group led by Dr. Naoya Kase and Prof. Megumu Saito have successfully established a model to evaluate skeletal muscle regeneration efficiency and determine how macrophages contribute to the ...

Abnormally high blood sugar (glucose) levels can result in Type 2 diabetes when things go awry with the body's skeletal muscle, which plays a key role in regulating glucose. Scientists are using in ...

The powerful role of exercise in maintaining skeletal muscle could be the key to improving health and resilience in older age ...

Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) have been used extensively to generate reductionist models of either spinal cord motor neurons (MNs) or skeletal muscles to study neuromuscular system disorders ...

Skeletal muscles can regenerate after minor injuries, but severe structural damage often leads to fibrosis in mammals. Whether adult zebrafish possess the capacity to reproduce profoundly destroyed ...

Because RyR1 is also expressed in neurons, immune cells, and vascular smooth muscle, the E3896A model offers a unique tool to examine CICR's broader physiological roles. By combining gene engineering, ...

A new treatment platform developed by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was able to deliver ...

Scientists are using in vitro skeletal muscle engineering to gain a better understanding of the complex genetic and environmental factors underlying diabetes, putting lab-grown, healthy skeletal ...

Engineered extracellular vesicles delivering full-length DMD mRNA restored dystrophin and improved muscle strength and ...

An experimental study in Science Advances shows that statins, primarily fluvastatin in these experiments, may promote ...

Skeletal muscle is the type of muscle that controls movement. Problems with these muscles can be minor, life-threatening, or ongoing problems that make it hard to perform basic daily activities.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2022 – Abnormally high blood sugar (glucose) levels can result in Type 2 diabetes when things go awry with the body's skeletal muscle, which plays a key role in regulating ...