A scientific technique that rapidly increases the body's production of anti-inflammatory cells promotes healing from heart ...

After every meal, the intestines perform an action called peristalsis—moving food through their hollow interiors with ...

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A team of scientists from China has made a breakthrough in understanding how aging affects muscles and found a possible way ...

This valuable study characterises the activity of motor units from two of the three anatomical subdivisions ("heads") of the triceps muscle while mice walked on a treadmill at various speeds. Although ...

A collaborative study led by Prof. Liu Guanghui from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dr. Wang ...

Activating a protein called potassium channel Kv2.1 may help improve motor function in SMA, making it a potential SMA ...

A scientific technique that rapidly increases the body's production of anti-inflammatory cells promoted healing from heart attacks in mice, according to a new study. Once adapted to treat humans, the ...

Scientists have identified a protein sensor in intestinal neurons that responds to pressure, inflammation to stimulate the ...

Engineers at MIT have devised an ingenious new way to produce artificial muscles for soft robots that can flex in more than ...