A new study generated one of the most comprehensive spatially resolved transcriptomic maps of cellular communication between ...

Back in 2002, Godfrey, now 63, took part in the competition for Uganda’s ugliest person and won. While most people would be pretty heartbroken to earn such a title, Godfrey lives with an extremely ...

Although gene therapy has shown promise for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the limitations of viral vectors have proven challenging to clinical advancement. Now, a new treatment ...

A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been created. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown muscle tissue bundled into sushilike rolls to give the fingers enough ...

Social media influencers and supplement companies have stoked concerns, but experts say the issue is a lot more complicated. By Simar Bajaj Taryn J. Mitchell, a 54-year-old banker from Greensboro, N.C ...

Atherosclerosis underlies most heart attacks and strokes and is now recognized as a chronic inflammatory disease rather than a simple disorder of cholesterol deposition. While immune cells such as ...

A new discovery may explain why so many people abandon cholesterol-lowering statins because of muscle pain and weakness. Researchers found that certain statins can latch onto a key muscle protein and ...

Sarcopenia, which is a progressive and extensive decline in muscle mass and strength, is common with aging and is estimated to affect up to 50% of people aged 80 and older. It can lead to disability ...

Using gene editing in a preclinical model, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center blocked the symptoms of a rare smooth muscle disease before they developed. Their findings, published in ...

When a house is hit by a hurricane, you must first remove the damaged parts before reconstruction can begin. The same applies to our muscles after injuries—and now researchers from Aarhus University ...