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Muscle cells
Muscle cells have the specialized ability to expand and contract to produce bodily movement. There are three types of muscle cells: skeletal, cardiac, and smooth. Skeletal muscle cells generate muscle movement. Cardiac muscle cells facilitate the movement of blood in and out of the hear. Smooth muscle cells control involuntary muscle movement in the body.
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AUG 14, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
During development, many crucial genes help organisms form properly. One of those genes is MyoD
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Muscular dystrophy is a disease caused by a genetic mutation. The muscles of muscular dystrophy patients weaken..
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How can microgravity influence muscle regeneration and overall muscle loss in astronauts? This is what a recent study pu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 23, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have created a new gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy that may not only help stop the disease in MD
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 29, 2024
Microbiology
Long COVID is a pressing public health issue. Millions of people experienced an acute infection with the pandemic virus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2024
Microbiology
Climate change is raising temperatures around the world, and mosquitoes are on the move. As their territories expand, th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In many amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) patients, symptoms of autoimmune inflammat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans raise and slaughter vast numbers of animals for our food. All of that meat production has a high environmental co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an inflammatory disease that affects nerves. It is thought to be an autoimmune disorder
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2024
Drug Discovery & Development
While pursuing therapeutic treatments, one group of scientists had a terrifying revelation in one of their snake bite mo
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JAN 05, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
It's estimated that around one in eight people who get COVID will experience long COVID, which can cause brain fog,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a spatial atlas of the incredible process of human limb development, including processes that in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2023
Cancer
Oncologists have used radiation therapy for over a century to treat various types of cancer. In brief, radiation t
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 14, 2023
Cardiology
New research explains why warming up improves performance and decreases risk of injury.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
OCT 23, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our skeletal muscles, which link to bones and enable us to move, have a remarkable ability to regenerate after they'
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2023
Cardiology
Exercise, without a doubt, is one of the most powerful tools we have for improving our health and well-being. Its benefi
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
SEP 26, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is one of the most common forms of muscular dystrophy that impacts almost
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
When a scientists is working with RNA in the lab, they have to take a lot of precautions because RNA degrades so easily.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
New findings suggest that a class of drugs called senolytics may be vital for increasing the number of organs available
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
SEP 14, 2023
Cancer
About half of the pediatric soft tissue sarcoma diagnosed annually are classified as rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). These
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
SEP 11, 2023
Neuroscience
Irisin, a muscle-derived hormone, reduces amyloid beta pathology, a key hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), in cel
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 03, 2023
Microbiology
Our bodies are host to trillions of microbes, many of which live in our gastrointestinal tract. Those gut microbes are c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2023
Cancer
Exercise has many health benefits, from improving brain health to strengthening bones and muscles. Included in the
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JUL 31, 2023
Cancer
We use the blanket term “sugar” to describe a variety of nutrients found naturally in different types of fru
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus