In humans, a single myofiber can be created from hundreds or even thousands of muscle cells resulting in a single mature cell ... or roughly 2.5 times smaller than the width of a human hair. Mature ...

The body's internal clock influences muscle healing, with faster recovery occurring during natural waking hours.

How muscle changes with aging and tries to fight its effects is now better understood at the cellular and molecular level ...

Scientists have pinpointed and described unusual subtypes of fat cells that may help scientists explain why gut fat is linked ...

Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists have generated human stem cell models which ... Dec. 2, 2024 — As muscles age, their cells lose the ability to regenerate and heal after injury.

"We were now able to show for the first time in human muscle cells that at the level of gene expression, a process known as transcriptional adaptation is able to increase the production of utrophin." ...