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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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JUL 31, 2017
Immunology
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a condition usually associated with the nervous system, appears to have a connection to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 29, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Next time you decide to continually push through the pain during your workouts, think twice. A man was recently hospital
...
JUL 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
Individuals with type 1 diabetes are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than other other condition. But diab
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 26, 2017
Cardiology
The hormone responsible for preventing us from constant eating and keeping us at a healthy weight apparently also plays
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 24, 2017
Videos
Now that we're past the mid-year mark, how many people are still sticking to the exercise regimen that they had planned
...
JUL 21, 2017
Health & Medicine
What happens to heart cells in the seconds and minutes following a heart attack? Without oxygen, heart cells slowly beco
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 12, 2017
Cardiology
Age and fat have an unfortunate synergistic effect on inflammation that makes the blood vessel path from lungs to heart
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria carry a small amount of their own DNA. If there are mutations in that DNA, they can cause serious disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
This new data on a rare disease could help diagnose the disorder in new patients, and has led researchers to test new tr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has revealed the patterning the underlies the correct development of complicated neuronal circuitry.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2017
Cardiology
The community of cells that make up the heart muscle tissues have a response to the stress the wears down the hea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Chimpanzees seem to have a reputation for being super strong when compared to humans of the same size, and now a study i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 15, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For a 22-year-old man in China, feeling perpetually constipated was a way of life. Neither he nor his family thought the
...
JUN 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America thinks the disease is more common than thought. New work has revealed more a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2017
Cardiology
Environmental and lifestyle factors are key in the development of heart disease, a malady that affects a monumental amou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2017
Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 11, 2017
Videos
Floating inside of the cytoplasm are mitochondria, the proverbial "powerhouse of the cell." These organelles also carry
...
JUN 06, 2017
Health & Medicine
Treating the heart after the damage has already been done is difficult, but it’s the only option when a sudden hea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 05, 2017
Health & Medicine
Why can’t cardiac tissue repair itself? Maybe if Baylor College of Medicine scientists can figure it out, they can
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 05, 2017
Videos
When you go to the supermarket to pick up some red meat, you probably almost always see a red fluid packed inside of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A CT scan can do more than just reveal broken bones. In a new study, researchers found that CT scans can provide a glimp
...
MAY 30, 2017
Infographics
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was a success, raising over $115 million for research and patient services, but what’
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAY 23, 2017
Immunology
To treat autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), it’
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 22, 2017
Neuroscience
Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), together with teams from Yokohama School of Med
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim