News tagged with myostatin gene
Blocking a muscle growth-limiting hormone protects against obesity and atherosclerosis
Knockout of myostatin, a growth factor that limits muscle growth, can decrease body fat and promote resistance against developing atherosclerosis, or "hardening" of the arteries, according to a new study conducted in mice. ...
Jun 11, 2009 |
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'Speed gene' in modern racehorses originated from British mare 300 years ago
Scientists have traced the origin of the 'speed gene' in Thoroughbred racehorses back to a single British mare that lived in the United Kingdom around 300 years ago, according to findings published in the scientific journal ...
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Boosting supply of key brain chemical reduces fatigue in mice
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have "engineered" a mouse that can run on a treadmill twice as long as a normal mouse by increasing its supply of acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter essential for muscle contraction.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 20, 2010 |
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University of Hawaii at Manoa research focuses on congenital abnormality
Researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa have developed innovative techniques that could have profound effects on congenital cervical vertebrae malformation research.
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Genes and athletic performance in Thoroughbred horses
Equinome, a leading equine genomics company, has announced the publication of four scientific papers by Equinome and University College Dublin researchers which describe significant advances in the understanding ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Development of more muscular trout could boost commercial aquaculture
A 10-year effort by a University of Rhode Island scientist to develop transgenic rainbow trout with enhanced muscle growth has yielded fish with what have been described as six-pack abs and muscular shoulders that could provide ...
Mar 10, 2010 |
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Treatment to improve degenerating muscle gains strength
A study appearing in Science Translational Medicine puts scientists one step closer to clinical trials to test a gene delivery strategy to improve muscle mass and function in patients with certain degenerative muscle disord ...
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Muscling in on type 2 diabetes
Research by kinesiology investigator Dustin Hittel, PhD, has proven that muscle in extremely obese individuals produces large amounts of a protein called myostatin, which normally inhibits muscle growth--suggesting that for ...
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Researchers discover target that could ease spinal muscular atrophy symptoms
is no cure for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disorder that causes the weakening of muscles and is the leading genetic cause of infant death, but University of Missouri researchers have discovered a new therapeutic ...
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Myostatin inhibitors may improve recovery of wartime limb injuries
Inhibiting a growth factor that keeps muscles from getting too big may optimize recovery of injured soldiers, researchers say.
Jul 08, 2008 |
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Long-term muscle improvements shown in gene therapy study in mice
Injecting a gene responsible for making a specific protein into a mouse that’s used as a model for muscular dystrophy can lead to long-term improvements in the animal’s muscle size and strength, a new study shows.
Mar 10, 2008 |
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