- Muscle cells, also known as myocytes, are specialized cells designed for contraction and force production. Skeletal Muscle Cells: These cells are long, cylindrical, and have a striated (or striped) ...
From arthritis and heart failure to diabetes and menopause, many conditions are associated with muscle weakness and increased fat deposits. Now a multidisciplinary team of researchers at the ...
There’s no slowing the hands of time….but your legs are another story. In A Nutshell Korean scientists identified 20 DNA ...
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 ...
Adult skeletal muscle is a tissue with a high capacity for regeneration due to the existence of stem cell population, termed ...
Two related studies published today in Nature Metabolism show that a specialized intracellular recycling ...
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In a recent review published in the journal Cell Metabolism, researchers elucidated mechanisms and evaluated therapies for impaired skeletal muscle regeneration in diabetes, identifying research gaps ...