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New bioprinting method creates tubular structures that mimic vessels, ducts in the body

A team of Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers have developed a way to bioprint tubular structures that better mimic native vessels and ducts in the body.

25 Aug 2018

UTA professor to develop hydrogel that promotes cardiac repair after heart attacks

A UTA bioengineering professor has won a new $460,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a biodegradable and bioactive hydrogel to repair heart tissue after heart attacks.

25 Aug 2018

Cardio exercise and strength training have diverse effects on hormones

Every day a lot of people cycle to and from work or visit the gym to lift heavy weights. Regardless of the form of training they choose, almost everyone does it to improve their health. But we actually know surprisingly little about exactly how different forms of training affect our health.

24 Aug 2018

Menopausal status linked to skeletal muscle function among middle-aged women

A recent study of the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä has found that menopausal status is associated with skeletal muscle function among middle-aged women.

24 Aug 2018

Drug used to treat amoebic dysentery may block journey of rabies virus in nerves

To successfully infect its host, the rabies virus must move from the nerve ending to the nerve cell body where it can replicate.

24 Aug 2018

MDA announces 34 new grants totaling $9.9 million to accelerate neuromuscular research

The Muscular Dystrophy Association today announced the award of 34 new grants totaling more than $9.9 million for its summer round of funding. These new grants represent a continued commitment by MDA to fund groundbreaking research that will accelerate treatments and cures for the more than 40 diseases in its program.

24 Aug 2018

Comprehensive analysis reveals weaknesses to target in common pediatric solid tumor

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have completed the most comprehensive analysis yet of a common pediatric solid tumor, identifying weaknesses to target and a promising precision medicine that is now in clinical trials.

23 Aug 2018

Sleep loss can confer increased risk of adverse weight gain, shows study

In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University now demonstrate that one night of sleep loss has a tissue-specific impact on the regulation of gene expression and metabolism in humans.

23 Aug 2018

Study finds new way to target escalating rates of obesity

A novel drug is being touted as a major step forward in the battle against Australia’s escalating rates of obesity and associated metabolic diseases.

23 Aug 2018

Genetic variants impact outcome in dilated cardiomyopathy patients of African ancestry

Genetic testing is a powerful diagnostic tool that is increasingly being used for the diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease in which the heart becomes enlarged, making it difficult to pump blood. Cardiomyopathy affects more than 3.5 million people in the United States.

22 Aug 2018

New study sheds light on exactly how animals follow smells

Most animals have a keen sense of smell, which assists them in everyday tasks. Now, a new study led by researchers at NYU School of Medicine sheds light on exactly how animals follow smells.

21 Aug 2018

Study uncover metabolic network controlled by the ‘circadian clock’ of muscle cells

How do muscle cells prepare for the particular metabolic challenges of the day? Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, members of the German Center for Diabetes Research, have investigated this question and published their results in 'PLOS Biology'.

21 Aug 2018

Thrombospondin-1 contributes to development of aortic aneurysm in mice and humans, study finds

Researchers centered at the University of Tsukuba and Kansai Medical University in Japan reveal matricellular protein Thrombospondin-1 (Thbs1) contributes to the development of aortic aneurysm in mice and humans.

20 Aug 2018

New assay may help improve both sarcoma diagnosis and treatment

Sarcomas are rare tumors that are often misdiagnosed. Specific recurrent chromosomal rearrangements, known as translocations, can serve as essential diagnostic markers and are found in about 20 percent of sarcomas.

20 Aug 2018

Chronic perinatal hypoxia linked to locomotor miscoordination, long-term cerebellar learning deficits

Oxygen deprivation associated with preterm birth leaves telltale signs on the brains of newborns in the form of alterations to cerebellar white matter at the cellular and the physiological levels. Now, an experimental model of this chronic hypoxia reveals that those cellular alterations have behavioral consequences.

18 Aug 2018

HSS takes young patients with physical challenges on a surfing trip

Hospital for Special Surgery made a splash this week with a surfing trip for young patients. Giving new meaning to the term "patient care," the Adaptive Sports Academy at Lerner Children's Pavilion at HSS treated 12 patients, along with some of their siblings, to sand and surf in Long Beach, Long Island.

17 Aug 2018

FDA approves marketing of brainsway deep transcranial magnetic stimulation system for OCD

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of the Brainsway Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation System for treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

17 Aug 2018

3D-printed human body parts to be used as teaching aids for surgical training

3D-printed human body parts with lifelike bone, skin and muscle densities are being developed in South Australia as teaching aids for surgical training.

17 Aug 2018

New project to combat DMD-related fibrosis receives major funding boost

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is one of the most common congenital diseases in the world, affecting one in 3,500 Canadian males. DMD is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene that results in progressive muscle degeneration and there are currently no effective treatments for DMD.

17 Aug 2018

New badge course explores research around skeletal muscle as an endocrine organ

Wichita State University's new online Skeletal Muscle as an Endocrine Organ badge course explores the growing body of research around skeletal muscle as an endocrine organ that releases metabolites that affect other organs.

17 Aug 2018

Muscle News and Research

New bioprinting method creates tubular structures that mimic vessels, ducts in the body

UTA professor to develop hydrogel that promotes cardiac repair after heart attacks

Cardio exercise and strength training have diverse effects on hormones

Menopausal status linked to skeletal muscle function among middle-aged women

Drug used to treat amoebic dysentery may block journey of rabies virus in nerves

MDA announces 34 new grants totaling $9.9 million to accelerate neuromuscular research

Comprehensive analysis reveals weaknesses to target in common pediatric solid tumor

Sleep loss can confer increased risk of adverse weight gain, shows study

Study finds new way to target escalating rates of obesity

Genetic variants impact outcome in dilated cardiomyopathy patients of African ancestry

New study sheds light on exactly how animals follow smells

Study uncover metabolic network controlled by the ‘circadian clock’ of muscle cells

Thrombospondin-1 contributes to development of aortic aneurysm in mice and humans, study finds

New assay may help improve both sarcoma diagnosis and treatment

Chronic perinatal hypoxia linked to locomotor miscoordination, long-term cerebellar learning deficits

HSS takes young patients with physical challenges on a surfing trip

FDA approves marketing of brainsway deep transcranial magnetic stimulation system for OCD

3D-printed human body parts to be used as teaching aids for surgical training

New project to combat DMD-related fibrosis receives major funding boost

New badge course explores research around skeletal muscle as an endocrine organ

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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