News articles tagged with 'muscle'
Hope for muscle wasting disease
— 22 Nov 2011 16:53 | HealthA health supplement used by bodybuilders could be the key to treating a life-threatening muscular dystrophy affecting hundreds of Australian children, new research shows…
Discovery of new muscle repair gene
— 21 Nov 2011 19:28 | HealthAn international team of researchers from Leeds, London and Berlin has discovered more about the function of muscle stem cells, thanks to next-generation DNA sequencing techniques…
Scientists discover gene switch responsible for flight muscle formation
— 17 Nov 2011 17:43 | BiologyFlies are real flight artists, although they only have small wings compared to their body size. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich, Germany,…
Scientists find cause of fatal inflammation of the heart muscle
— 29 Mar 2011 17:22 | HealthScientists of the German Cancer Research Centre (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ), jointly with colleagues in the United States, have found out that inflammations of the heart…
Nanoscale whiskers from sea creatures could grow human muscle tissue
— 12 Mar 2011 14:44 | BiologyMinute whiskers of nanoscale dimensions taken from sea creatures could hold the key to creating working human muscle tissue, University of Manchester researchers have discovered…
Researchers identify new form of muscular dystrophy
— 10 Mar 2011 17:44 | HealthA strong international collaboration and a single patient with mild muscle disease and severe cognitive impairment have allowed University of Iowa researchers to identify a new gene…
Laboratory-grown urethras implanted in patients, scientists report
— 8 Mar 2011 14:38 | HealthResearchers at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre and colleagues reported today on a new advance in tissue engineering. The team…
Scientists discover genetic switch that increases muscle blood supply
— 2 Mar 2011 12:31 | HealthMany people suffer from a devastating condition known as critical limb ischaemia (CLI) that can lead to muscle wasting and even amputation. The disease is linked to the blockage of…
Human stem cells from fat tissue fuse with rat heart cells and beat
— 1 Mar 2011 19:03 | HealthIf Dr Doolittle is famous for talking to animals, then here's a story that might make him hold his tongue: According to new research published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org),…
Fish oil fights weight loss due to chemotherapy
— 28 Feb 2011 16:43 | HealthA new analysis has found that supplementing the diet with fish oil may prevent muscle and weight loss that commonly occurs in cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy. Published early…