Posts Tagged ‘Breakthrough’

Sanger breakthrough on wasting disorders

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge UK have unearthed two proteins essential for the fusion of muscle cells to build muscle fibres. Read more...

Sanger breakthrough on wasting disorders

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge UK have unearthed two proteins essential for the fusion of muscle cells to build muscle fibres. Read more...

Tom Hardy shows muscle in Pa.-shot ‘Warrior’

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Rising star Tom Hardy more than lives up to his last name. The British actor, who gained 40 pounds of muscle for his breakthrough turn in Bronson, prides himself on the brutal punishment he took in preparation for his latest movie Warrior, a bare-knuckled look at the world of cage fighting.

Muscle disease hope

Monday, July 25th, 2011
Researchers are hailing a breakthrough in the search for a treatment for a rare muscle wasting disease which kills patients before the age of 20. A trial at Great Ormond Street Hospital has produced positive results in some of the children taking part.

Stem cells tested on muscle ageing

Saturday, November 20th, 2010
Scientists have created a 'Mighty Mouse' with muscles that stay powerful as it grows old, the Daily Mail has reported. The newspaper said the 'breakthrough' paves the way for a pill to give pensioners the strength of their youth, cutting the risks of falls and fractures in old age.