Posts Tagged ‘muscles’
Practice, practice, practice makes muscles efficient
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Practice makes perfect, but continued practice could make you more efficient. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - Jan 18, 2012 18:20 - 0 Comments
After exercise, muscles have more stem cells
U. ILLINOIS (US) — A single bout of exercise in mice leads to an increase in the type of stem cell that aids in healing injury or disease in skeletal muscle. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 20, 2011 8:45 - 0 Comments
Genes control muscle aging in flies
EMORY (US) — The discovery of genes in fruit flies that act in muscles to control aging could help doctors treat muscle degeneration in human aging. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 30, 2011 13:43 - 0 Comments
Tendons take shock muscles won’t handle
BROWN U. (US) — Tendons in the legs act as shock absorbers, offering protection at the moment of impact with muscles stepping up less than a second later to absorb the remaining energy. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 2, 2011 11:36 - 0 Comments
Worms in space clarify muscle atrophy
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Microscopic worms may hold clues to overcoming threats posed to human health by space travel and also help find ways to stop muscle degradation in the sick and elderly. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 11, 2011 11:11 - 0 Comments
Fat rats are really wimpy
PENN STATE (US) — Rats in fat suits show that obesity may impair normal muscle function, a finding that could have significant implications for humans. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 8, 2011 9:27 - 0 Comments
Snails don’t need slime to get ahead
STANFORD (US) — To move from here to there, a snail crawls using one muscular foot on a layer of self-secreted mucus-like slime. Now it appears the sticky stuff isn’t so essential after all. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 28, 2010 9:55 - 0 Comments
Drug may block muscular dystrophy’s blow
BROWN (US) — A new therapy headed to human trials slows muscle damage in mice with the genetic mutation that causes muscular dystrophy. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 26, 2010 19:49 - 0 Comments
‘Mighty mouse’ runs on brain chemical
VANDERBILT (US) — By boosting the supply of a key brain chemical, researchers have engineered a fatigue-resistant mouse that can run on a treadmill twice as long as a typical mouse. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 10, 2010 15:49 - 2 Comments
Stem cells keep muscles forever young
U. COLORADO (US) — When specific types of stem cells are transplanted into leg muscles of mice, normal loss of function that comes with aging is prevented. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 14, 2010 14:02 - 3 Comments
‘Cool’ sleeves fight fatigue
TULANE—Researchers are outfitting athletes, surgeons, and others with “cooling sleeves” to control body temperature during physical exertion in an effort to delay fatigue. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 4, 2010 17:34 - 0 Comments
Protein ‘makeover’ key to muscular dystrophy
U. IOWA (US)—The discovery of a novel type of chemical modification on a particular muscle protein promises to shed light on certain muscular dystrophies. The finding may also have implications for cancer detection. (more…)
Health & Medicine, Society & Culture - Dec 8, 2009 13:21 - 5 Comments
Fit teen boys smarter, better educated
USC (US)—Cardiovascular health in teen boys correlates to higher scores on intelligence tests, and more education and income as adults. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 8, 2009 11:37 - 0 Comments
To sniff out muscle repair, follow the nose
EMORY (US)—When muscle cells need repair, it turns out they use odor-detecting tools found in the nose to start the process. And if it weren’t for a team of—ahem—nosy researchers, it’s a connection that could have continued to go unnoticed. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 10, 2009 14:26 - 1 Comment
Are sprinters born or made?
PENN STATE (US)—Sprinters get their burst of acceleration from longer toes and a unique ankle structure, according to biomechanists. But it remains unclear whether sprinting ability is congenital or if training can influence the shape of foot bones. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 5, 2009 14:21 - 3 Comments
Runners gain no advantage from prosthetic legs
U. COLORADO (US)—Amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no performance advantage over counterparts who use their biological legs, according to a recent study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 8, 2009 12:16 - 1 Comment
Younger muscles through biochemistry
UC BERKELEY (US)—Researchers have identified critical biochemical pathways linked to the aging of human muscle. By manipulating these pathways, the researchers were able to turn back the clock on old human muscle, restoring its ability to repair and rebuild itself. (more…)
