Muscle-on-chip systems are three-dimensional human muscle cell bundles cultured on collagen scaffolds. A Stanford University research team sent some of these systems to the International Space Station ...

Engineers interested in creating artificial cells to deliver drugs to unhealthy parts of the body face a key challenge: for a ...

Thirty marks the spot. Starting at this age, we begin to lose approximately three to eight percent of muscle mass per decade. With it, we also lose strength and mobility. Left unaddressed, this loss ...

Even apparently healthy cancer survivors often complain of extreme fatigue. They have finished treatment, the scans are clear, but they feel hollowed out, unable to walk to the mailbox or stay awake ...

Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and at Sun Yat-sen University have generated what they claim is the first comprehensive atlas of aging muscles in humans. The team applied single-cell ...

Stem-cell injections worked remarkably well at easing symptoms of muscular dystrophy in a group of golden retrievers, a result that experts call a significant step toward treating people. "It's a ...

In a new research report, a team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins Medicine say people with severe obesity and a common type ...

B cells are white blood cells that form a core part of the body's adaptive immune system, enabling it to recognize specific ...

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have made an important advance toward understanding—and potentially ...

Here are the signs of muscle loss and what you can do to maintain your strength.