Muscle Building Blog

Damaged heart tissue is not known for having much inherent capacity for repair. But now, scientists are closing in on signals that may be able to coax the heart into producing replacement cardiac muscle cells. Using a zebrafish model system, researchers have identified a family of molecules that can stimulate stem cells to develop into beating heart muscle cells.

According to a report published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), an essential role of a molecule in skeletal muscle development has been discovered by researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA). The finding of the current study could prove helpful in the future, in curing certain ailments that require muscle regeneration or maintenance of ...

Scientists unravel the molecular link between damage-induced inflammation and muscle regeneration.

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.