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Higher blood fats in people with type 2 diabetes more harmful than first t
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Woodhouse (Leeds) [UK], April 1 (ANI): According to a new study led by the University of Leeds, increased levels of blood fats in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity are more harmful than previously thought.
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New research sheds light on effects of exercise on muscles
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Sendai [Japan], March 19 (ANI): A team of researchers at Tohuku University has developed a simple-lab-based system for growing human muscle cells that are capable of vigorously contracting. The team has used the model to investigate the properties of muscle cells from patients with sporadic
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Researchers discover muscle gene linked to type 2 diabetes
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], April 25 (ANI): While people with type 2 diabetes tend to have poorer muscle function than others, a research team at Lund University in Sweden, now has discovered that in type 2 diabetes, a specific gene is of great importance for the ability of muscle stem cells to cr
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Researchers find silkworm silk may help better treatment of muscle atrophy
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 14 (ANI): In a step to discover the method to improve on traditional methods of cell culture, the researchers at the Utah State University recently used the silk from silkworm to grow skeletal muscle cells. The results of the study may hopefully lead to better treatmen
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Researchers use silkworm silk hoping for better treatment of muscle atroph
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): Researchers at the Utah State University recently used the silk from silkworm to grow skeletal muscle cells, improving on traditional methods of cell culture and hopefully leading to better treatments for muscle atrophy.
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With great detail, scientists map heart recovery rate after heart attack
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Utrecht [Netherlands], January 29 (ANI): Emphasising the importance of heart muscle cells intracellular communication, researchers from the Hubrecht Institute mapped the recovery of the heart after a heart attack with great detail.
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Study reveals ill effects of marijuana for heart patients
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): Physicians are worried after they found traces of Marijuana in a number of heart patients. While smoking tobacco leads to one in every four cardiovascular disease-related deaths, the cause of similar effects from using marijuana is still not entirely kno
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Biomaterial mimicking muscles can turn stem cells into bone
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): In a breakthrough invention, scientists have developed a polymer sheet that mimics muscles and has the ability to turn stem cells into bones. Stem cells are special in the sense that they can differentiate themselves into different types of cells, for ins
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Scientists develop artificial muscle sheets to transform stem cells into b
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): Scientists have come up with artificial muscle sheets that can transform stem cells into bones. Stem cells are known for their ability to turn into many different types of cells, be they muscle cells, cartilage, or bone cells.
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Researchers develop drug to rejuvenate muscle cells
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 16 (ANI): A new study now sees researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston developing a promising drug that has proven to significantly increase muscle size, strength and metabolic state in aged mice.
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Study uncovers improved stem-cell uses
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington (USA) Dec 20 (ANI): A faster, more cost-efficient, and more accurate method of examining the effectiveness of human pluripotent stem-cell-derived cardiac muscle cells has been discovered, according to a new study.
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Researchers discover the language of Stem Cells
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], Sept. 20 (ANI): Stem cells control the cells around them, inducing them to perform specific functions.
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