In animal models, autologous myoblasts and fibroblasts have been used to reconstruct the urethral complex: myoblasts to regenerate the rhabdosphincter and fibroblasts to treat the atrophy of the ...

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a rare muscular disorder that results from a genetic mutation that leads to a shorter chromosome 4. This is a degenerative disease in which muscles of ...

Using a simple yet effective technique, researchers from Doshisha University could harness ultrasound vibrations generated by a piezoelectric transducer to control the orientation of cultured ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that a protein excreted by type I (slow) muscle fibers, key to muscle endurance, can cause surrounding myoblasts, ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a way to treat aging-related muscular atrophy using regenerative medicine. Conventional methods to implant myoblasts, precursors to muscle ...

Therapies to target neuromuscular disorders affecting million of people worldwide are on the horizon thanks to research at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute of Montreal. Fusion of myoblasts, ...

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that a protein called platelet-derived growth factor subunit B (PDGF-B) is continuously secreted from skeletal muscle cells and helps to ...