News tagged with skeletal muscle tissue


Scientists discover new way to enhance stem cells to stimulate muscle regeneration

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa have discovered a powerful new way to stimulate muscle regeneration, paving the way for new treatments for debilitating conditions such ...


Vaccine slows progression of skeletal muscle disorder

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A potential vaccine for Alzheimer's disease also has been shown in mice to slow the weakening of muscles associated with inclusion body myositis, a disorder that affects the elderly.





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Team identifies stem cells that repair injured muscles

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A University of Colorado at Boulder research team has identified a type of skeletal muscle stem cell that contributes to the repair of damaged muscles in mice, which could have important implications in the treatment of injured, ...


Researchers discover target that could ease spinal muscular atrophy symptoms

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Mighty mice: Treatment targeted to muscle improves motor neuron disease

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created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research with transgenic mice reveals that a therapy directed at the muscle significantly improves disease symptoms of a genetic disorder characterized by destruction of the neurons that control movement. The study, published ...


Single adult stem cell can self renew, repair tissue damage in live mammal

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created Dec 14, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 3

The first demonstration that a single adult stem cell can self-renew in a mammal was reported at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) 48th Annual Meeting, Dec. 13-17, 2008 in San Francisco.


Heart saves muscle

Heart saves muscle

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A heart muscle protein can replace its missing skeletal muscle counterpart to give mice with myopathy a long and active life, show Nowak et al. The findings will be published online on Monday, May 25, 2009 ...


A stronger future for the elderly

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 11, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Experts at The University of Nottingham are to investigate the effect of nutrients on muscle maintenance in the hope of determining better ways of keeping up our strength as we get old.


Researchers identify gene associated with muscular dystrophy-related vision problems

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Skeletal muscle disease and vision deficits might seem unrelated, but a frog model of muscular dystrophy shows it is not such a leap.


Muscle atrophy through thick but not thin

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created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

During desperate times, such as fasting, or muscle wasting that afflicts cancer or AIDS patients, the body cannibalizes itself, atrophying and breaking down skeletal muscle proteins to liberate amino acids. In a new study ...


High-fat diet impairs muscle health before impacting function

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created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Skeletal muscle plays a critical role in regulating blood sugar levels in the body. But few studies have comprehensively examined how obesity caused by a high-fat diet affects the health of muscle in adolescents ...


Mutation responsible for cystic fibrosis also involved in muscle atrophy

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created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) usually experience significant muscle loss, a symptom traditionally considered to be a secondary complication of the devastating genetic disease. However, a recent study by Dr. Basil Petrof ...



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