From liquid to solid: New technique uncovers disease-related changes in tiny droplets within our cells
Understanding the behavior of tiny droplets in our cells could aid the search for new treatments. A team of Leiden ...
Genetic mechanisms underlying Duchenne muscular dystrophy point to potential treatments
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare hereditary disease that is associated with progressive muscle wasting. The ...
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Mechanism for treating muscle wasting discovered
Utrophin increase in muscle cells after transcriptional adaptation normalises cell function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy ...
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Bridging the Gap in Cancer Cell Behavior Against Matrix Stiffening: Insights from a Trizonal Model
Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States ...
Discovery of new mechanism in male sex hormone may lead to safer muscle-strengthening drugs
Researchers have discovered a new mechanism that is used by a male sex hormone essential for muscle and bone function. The ...
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Microplastics in food packaging may increase heart disease risk
Microplastics pose a threat to heart health, causing harmful changes in vascular cells and increasing the risk of ...
Brain and biceps: Understanding signaling in brain; study explores
The study explores molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic plasticity - the strengthening or weakening of neuronal connections that enable learning and memory.
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From muscle to memory: New research uses clues from the body to understand signaling in the brain
New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...