Adult-onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disorder that primarily affects the motor neurons in the spinal cord, leading to muscle weakness and atrophy. SMA is part of a group ...

As we age, our muscles atrophy. Earlier this year, researchers found that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), a protein critical in skeletal muscle development loses its functionality due to nitration as ...

With the intensification of global population aging, muscle atrophy, characterized by the loss of muscle mass and function, has become an important health issue affecting the elderly. Researchers have ...

Muscle-on-chip systems are three-dimensional human muscle cell bundles cultured on collagen scaffolds. A Stanford University research team sent some of these systems to the International Space Station ...

Women with cervical cancer who experience significant muscle loss during treatment die at six times the rate of those who maintain muscle mass, according to an international review of 23 studies ...

The mechanism of skeletal muscle contraction is a process that relies on calcium signaling. However, the physiological role of calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) through the ryanodine receptor ...