A team of researchers have discovered that a mutation in a ribosomal protein found specifically in heart and skeletal muscle leads to impaired cardiac contractility in mice. The mutation was found to ...

When a muscle contracts, the parts of a sarcomere "shorten" and come closer together. Each cardiac muscle cell can have over 5,000 sarcomeres, which compounds both the shortening and relaxation events ...

Researchers find that deficiency in RPL3L, a ribosome expressed in heart and skeletal muscle, impairs cardiac contractility due to delayed mRNA translation Fukuoka, Japan—A team of researchers have ...

Your lower legs do much more than just keep you upright and moving through the day. Science reveals that your calf muscles ...

Science reveals that your lower legs act as a secondary circulatory pump, pushing blood against gravity to protect your heart and prevent dangerous blood pooling.

No one can live without a heart pumping blood to the rest of the body. New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine reveals more information about this vital function and how it’s ...

The PTEN and PI3K-α and -γ are signaling proteins that have important roles in fundamental cellular responses such as proliferation, adhesion, cell size regulation and protection from apoptosis, but ...

Cytokinetics, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in muscle dysfunction therapies, has seen a significant increase in earnings, driven by its commitment to research and development. The company's ...