Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells and reversed diabetes in a preclinical study. The new approach, which ...

A clinical research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), and international genetic researchers led a global research study using multi-omics analysis and ...

A new role of calcium in the development of muscles has been reported by two RIKEN biologists.

A new study from Western New England University (WNE) has revealed that long-term grape consumption significantly impacts ...

Spinal muscle atrophy or SMA is a genetic disease that gradually destroys motor neurons, nerve cells in the spinal cord that control muscles. That leads muscles to waste away, especially in the legs, ...

Newly discovered brain cells count each bite before sending the ... by a hormone that increases appetite and activated by a GLP-1 agonist, a class of drugs now popular for treating obesity and ...

Only cardiac muscle tissue, comprising cells called myocytes, is present in the heart. In this article, we discuss the structure and function of cardiac muscle tissue. We also cover medical ...

A pulled muscle—medically known as a strain—occurs when muscle fibers are stretched too far and sometimes tear. While mild muscle strains can show improvement in as little as three days, severely ...

Dolcie-Mae must remain in hospital until a matching stem cell donor can be found The mother of a three-month-old baby girl diagnosed with a rare blood disorder is urging people to sign the stem ...

Study: Engineered heart muscle allografts for heart repair in primates and humans. Image Credit: mi_viri/Shutterstock.com In a study published in Nature, researchers found that a stem cell-derived ...

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