In the event of a heart attack, the affected part of the heart muscle can no longer be supplied with oxygen and nutrients. As ...

Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum have partnered with colleagues in Göttingen, Berlin, Paris and Essen to develop new ...

Most cell signals are chemical in nature. For example, prokaryotic organisms have sensors that detect nutrients and help them ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising reason why statins, the widely prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs that help prevent ...

By merging bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing with machine learning and lab experiments, researchers have identified smooth ...

A new Aging Cell review details how skeletal muscle communicates with bone, brain, and tumors through extracellular vesicles, ...

Different tissues need different amounts of blood depending on what they are doing. Meeting those changing demands requires ...

A woman in her 50s who received the first transplant of heart muscle cell sheets made from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells is set to be discharged from a hospital in Osaka, a city in western ...

As an embryo develops from a small cluster of stem cells, those once "blank slate" cells begin to take on more specialized ...

Thirty marks the spot. Starting at this age, we begin to lose approximately three to eight percent of muscle mass per decade. With it, we also lose strength and mobility. Left unaddressed, this loss ...

Tadalafil kept muscle precursor cells multiplying, but delayed their transformation into mature muscle fibers.