Step aside, Fitbit. Data-driven fitness gadgets have nothing on this: A tiny, wearable microscope catches glimpses of muscles in action. The mini microscope, described in the Dec. 16 Neuron, can track ...

Researchers in Japan have created a biomimetic gelatin gel that replicates the softness and microstructure of slow-twitch muscle tissue, allowing muscle precursor cells to develop genetic and ...

Every tissue in the human body contains a network of microscopic fibers. Muscle fibers direct mechanical forces, intestinal fibers are involved in gut ...

To become stronger, faster, and fitter, you have to push your body harder. But then you have to rest, too. All workouts, especially tough ones, stress the body. You’re fatiguing, or tiring out, ...

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Scientists have reversed symptoms of myotonic muscular dystrophy in mice by eliminating a buildup of toxic RNA in muscle cells. The work, carried out by scientists at the University of Rochester ...