In a study published in Nature Communications biophysicists unravel the mystery of how muscles form at the molecular level and maintain their function. The findings may help design treatments for ...

Biophysicists unraveled a mystery of how muscles form at the molecular level and how they maintain their function.

Researchers have mapped DNA methylation and 3D genome contacts in the same cells. The atlas uncovers cell-type-specific ...

A protein best known for protecting the ends of chromosomes also helps muscle stem cells preserve their identity and repair ...

Medically reviewed by David Kesselman, DC Key Takeaways Collagen supplements help improve bone mineral density, strength, and ...

Muscle turns chemical energy into movement. It is able to produce force smoothly and reliably, even though it is built from ...

Cardiomyopathies are a group of mostly hereditary, rare heart diseases in which the structure of heart muscle tissue is ...

Aging muscles may not lose the signals needed for repair. Instead, those signals may remain in place but become chemically ...

The vast majority of proteins in our bodies contain regions that are in a constant state of wiggling, shape-shifting every ...

The replacement of a single protein building block leads to vastly different disorders in heart muscle cells. This discovery ...

Cardiomyopathies are a group of mostly hereditary, rare heart diseases in which the structure of the heart muscle tissue is ...