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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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MAR 06, 2015Cardiology
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The construction of any pump is important to get optimal performance-and the same is true for the most important pump yo ...
MAR 06, 2015
Cardiology
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a key piece in the complex mol
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 03, 2015
Cardiology
Two hearts, said Keats, can beat as one; but a study led by Weizmann Institute scientists in collaboration with research
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Cardiology
The average heart beats 35 million times a year - 2.5 billion times over a lifetime. Those beats must be precisely calib
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 18, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers have found a remarkable-and heretofore unseen-way in which viruses disperse between cells. Multiple poliovir
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 16, 2015
Health & Medicine
While it has long been known that obesity can negatively affect health in terms of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 13, 2015
Neuroscience
While tens of millions of people have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cave
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 29, 2014
Plants & Animals
When you think of research into human conditions, most people would not consider fish to be good test subjects. They don
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 17, 2014
Cardiology
Important research out of Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute shows promise for heart muscle damage caused by Duchenne Muscular
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 16, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans always want to find a way to extend life just a little longer. By learning how people age, researchers are attemp
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 19, 2014
Neuroscience
A study at the UCLA School of Nursing concluded that what may be damaging the brain in people with the sleep disorder is
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 12, 2014
Cardiology
A person who has diabetes and is feeling quite well, not outwardly showing any evidence of heart disease, may secretly b
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 11, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Would you like to be more like a lizard? Your first reaction would probably be to answer, "No." But, that could be a mis
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 28, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Most materials will contract if stretched and will expand if squeezed. Think of the stretching of a rubber band and the
...
APR 28, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
People suffering from mitochondrial disease and those who have an extended history of alcoholism have the common symptom
...
APR 17, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
We all had Silly Putty as children, the wonderful toy that we used for everything from bouncy balls to pencil holders to
...
JAN 31, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Can you lose weight by inducing fat cells to burn other fat cells? That's a little simplistic, but that's the gist of a
...
DEC 17, 2013
Cardiology
The construction of any pump is important to get optimal performance-and the same is true for the most important pump yo
...