Researchers at the University of Toronto's Institute of Biomedical Engineering have found that studying blood flow in leg ...

Researchers have discovered a new mechanism that is used by a male sex hormone essential for muscle and bone function. The ...

A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been created. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown muscle tissue bundled into sushilike rolls to give the fingers enough ...

A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...

The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

Increased resistance to stretch—that is, stiffness, of the calf muscles after stroke—interferes with the function of the ankle joint.1 2 For example, stiff calf muscles may impede the performance of ...

Muscle is a soft tissue composed of elongated cells (muscle fibres) that produce force and motion through contraction. Involuntary cardiac and smooth muscles are responsible for contraction of the ...