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Researchers Design Artificial Fibers that can Change Shape and Generate Force Like a Muscle

In two new studies, North Carolina State University researchers designed and tested a series of textile fibers that can change shape and generate force like a muscle.

26 May 2023

Research Helps Better Understand How Developing Cells Break Free From Their Tissue of Origin

Cancer's ability to spread throughout the body -; a process known as metastasis -; is responsible for the vast majority of cancer deaths.

11 May 2023

Study Offers New Insight into Genetic Factors Behind Premature Delivery and Gestational Duration

New knowledge of the genetic factors behind premature delivery and gestational duration has now emerged.

4 Apr 2023

New insights into the underlying mechanism that causes arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

Researchers from the group of Eva van Rooij in collaboration with the UMC Utrecht identified a new mutation that leads to the cardiac disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM).

3 Mar 2023

Gaining insights into the muscle damage protective effect

Loss of muscle strength can be one of the most damaging outcomes when someone is unable to move a part of their body for a long period of time.

2 Mar 2023

MIT engineers develop new procedure to 3D print a soft, flexible replica of patient's heart

No two hearts beat alike. The size and shape of the the heart can vary from one person to the next. These differences can be particularly pronounced for people living with heart disease, as their hearts and major vessels work harder to overcome any compromised function.

23 Feb 2023

Research shows how developing sea anemones essentially 'exercise' to build their morphology

As humans, we know that an active lifestyle gives us some control over our form. When we hit the pavement, track our steps, and head to the gym, we can maintain muscle development and reduce body fat.

19 Sep 2022

Small, flexible implant relieves pain on demand and without the use of drugs

A Northwestern University-led team of researchers has developed a small, soft, flexible implant that relieves pain on demand and without the use of drugs.

4 Jul 2022

Researchers discover protein that enhances muscle mass

Humans are not just pumping iron in the gym, or not just oxygenating muscle cells, which keeps those muscles healthy, powerful, and developing—a process known as hypertrophy—that is defined as an increase in muscle mass, caused by an increase in muscle cell size.

29 Apr 2022

Biologists show how genes may inhibit the growth of Parkinson’s disease in flies and mice

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease in which a specific type of neuron, the dopaminergic neuron, is destroyed.

21 Mar 2022

Researchers uncover the genetic variant link to fatal esophageal disease in dogs

Researchers from Clemson University have found a genetic variation linked to a potentially fatal esophageal disease common in German shepherd dogs.

14 Mar 2022

Simple lab model helps investigate the properties of muscle cells from sIBM patients

A team of researchers at Tohoku University have developed a simple lab-based system for growing human muscle cells that are capable of vigorously contracting.

3 Mar 2022

Tropical sea anemone stings could hold key to new pain-relieving drugs

QUT PhD researcher Lauren Ashwood has studied sea anemones' venom makeup extensively, in particular, Telmatactis stephensoni a reef-based sea anemone that can grow from 8 to 10 cm.

8 Feb 2022

Researchers develop artificial protein muscle that moves independently

Research carried out from the University of Freiburg’s livMatS Cluster of Excellence showed outstanding progress in creating a muscle using only natural proteins.

2 Feb 2022

Enteric glial cells play a major role in gut immunity, says new study

Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute unraveled a basic role of glial cells in the nervous system of the gut in retaining a healthy intestine.

22 Oct 2021

Study finds no evidence that caffeine consumption leads to greater risk of arrhythmias

In the largest study of its kind, an investigation by UC San Francisco has found no evidence that moderate coffee consumption can cause cardiac arrhythmia.

21 Jul 2021

Synthetic cannabinoid reduces essential tremors by activating astrocytes

A research team from the Department of Neuroscience at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences has now made a recent finding that may prove crucial to upcoming studies and treatments using medical cannabis.

19 Mar 2021

Genes may impact the timing of labor

A new study illuminates how a gene called HAND2 may have a hand in the timing of human labor.

23 Feb 2021

Study analyzes changes in geographical range under different climate and socio-economic scenarios

Mammals, birds and amphibians worldwide have lost on average 18% of their natural habitat range as a result of changes in land use and climate change, a new study has found. In a worst-case scenario this loss could increase to 23% over the next 80 years.

9 Nov 2020

Changing climate is taking a toll on Maine's sea life, study shows

The waters of the Gulf of Maine are warming faster than oceans almost anywhere on Earth. And as the level of carbon dioxide rises in the atmosphere, it's absorbed by the oceans, causing pH levels to fall.

21 Oct 2020