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 ...
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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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Brain Cells Use Muscle-Like Signals to Strengthen Learning and Memory
New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.