Cultured meat has long promised a future in which real animal protein is grown in bioreactors rather than raised in pastures, ...

Exercise helps restore natural repair systems in muscle cells that become out of balance with age, according to new research from Singapore. Atrophy and loss of individual muscle fibers increase with ...

Biophysicists unraveled a mystery of how muscles form at the molecular level and how they maintain their function. Nature Communications published the discovery, which may help in the design of ...

Many people who start strength training (resistance training) and find that they "don't see results" or "hit a plateau" are ...

Adult heart muscle has long been treated as tissue with very little capacity to replace cells lost during a heart attack. A new observation in living human samples complicates that picture: heart ...

Every time a muscle fiber forms, a single cell must perform one of the most dramatic architectural transformations in biology. A myoblast — a committed muscle precursor cell — has to abandon div ...

Musculoskeletal disorders are a primary cause of disability worldwide, especially in aging societies like Japan. As individuals age, reductions in muscle mass and physical activity weaken the body's ...

A compound found naturally in blueberries, grapes, and other berries reduced fat buildup in cultured mouse muscle ...

Scientists have identified a natural compound found in blueberries, grapes, and other berries that may help muscle cells break down excess fat. Credit: Shutterstock Pterostilbene, a compound found ...