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Low glucose levels might assist muscle repair, finds study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 4 (ANI): A new study has revealed a new benefit of keeping sugar at bay. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that skeletal muscle satellite cells, key players in muscle repair, proliferate better in low glucose environments.
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Study shows low glucose levels might assist muscle repair
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 3 (ANI): Less sugar, please! While the high consumption of sugar may increase the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, a recent study has revealed another benefit of keeping sugar at bay.
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Damaged muscle can regenerate itself, finds study
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 17 (ANI): A recent study found a highly rational and efficient regeneration mechanism in which the damaged muscle itself activates the satellite cells that begin the regeneration process.
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Damaged muscles don't just die, they regenerate themselves
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): While building a muscle damage model in a cultured system, a research collaboration between Kumamoto University and Nagasaki University in Japan has found that components leaking from broken muscle fibers activate "satellite" muscle stem cells.
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