Posts Tagged ‘American Researchers’

Young women on the pill suffer impaired muscle gains from weight lifting (News-Medical-Net)

Sunday, April 19th, 2009
According to American researchers women who take oral contraceptives (OC) could find any muscle which might be gained from resistance exercise training is impaired.

On Switch That Turns Stem Cells Into Muscle (Medical News Today)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
In a genetic engineering breakthrough that could help everyone from bed-ridden patients to elite athletes, a team of American researchers - including 2007 Nobel Prize winner Mario R. Capecchi - have created a switch that allows mutations or light signals to be turned on in muscle stem cells to monitor muscle regeneration in a living mammal.