Most textbooks credit nearby epithelial cells with the heavy lifting of organ building, because epithelial sheets act like ...

Understanding how the two different kinds of muscle memory work can help you get off to a strong start if you’re establishing a fitness routine or rebooting one.

The population across developed countries is getting older and the associated frailty and debilitation are becoming major ...

With age, it becomes harder to build and maintain muscles. A new study brings us one step closer to being able to regenerate muscle "artificially," using stem cells.

Increased muscle growth. By improving workout performance, creatine supports greater muscle stimulation during training.It ...

In muscle cells, the ER and the plasma membrane—the outer membrane of the cell—meet at periodic contact sites, an arrangement ...

Human muscle cells come back from space, ... IGF 1, which is a growth factor naturally found in the body in different tissues, especially in muscles. When there is an injury, ...

In her new book, “On Muscle,” Bonnie Tsui investigates the other stuff our thews remember—like how to grow when you exercise.

Unexpectedly, the mass of small cells in our bodies, such as blood cells, is roughly the same as that of large ones such as muscle cells – a finding that has puzzled researchers.

Low muscle mass in the elderly — known as sarcopenia — leads to increased frailty and movement problems. Patients with sarcopenia are more likely to be hospitalized and develop other comorbidities, ...