The misconception that muscle can be lean or bulky lies in its appearance. “When people (say ‘lean’), they’re usually ...

Researchers have investigated the effect of increased cell temperature on the contractility of skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle by heating the muscle proteins using advanced microscopical techniques ...

Your thigh is made up of a few different groups of muscles. The thigh is an important part of your body because your thighs bear most of your body’s weight! It’s consequently important to keep your ...

Imagine you could grow a new limb or a new organ. We would be able to live forever if that were the case. However, while we cannot grow new limbs, our bodies still react in pretty miraculous ways when ...

If your doctor has suggested that you may have a myopathy, you likely have a lot of questions. There are many types of myopathies with different causes and outlooks. Myopathies are a class of diseases ...

The Kennedy College of Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, invites you to attend a Ph.D. Proposal Defense in Applied Biology by Brandon Reder entitled "Morphological and physiological ...

Muscle relaxers help reduce muscle stiffness and pain from conditions like cerebral palsy and lower back pain. There are two main types of muscle relaxers: antispastics and antispasmodics. Muscle ...