Muscle-on-chip systems are three-dimensional human muscle cell bundles cultured on collagen scaffolds. A Stanford University research team sent some of these systems to the International Space Station ...

Biogen’s salanersen is now heading into three Phase III trials in SMA.

When I was a WWE star, I had a lot of muscle mass, but I wanted to lose it all when I transitioned. I had to stop resistance training and start my version of the keto diet. My biggest motivation was ...

Muscle atrophy is a prevalent condition in today's societies, but many of the roles that mitochondria play in the process remain unclear. In a recent study, researchers investigated how muscle atrophy ...

Data presented at the 2026 Muscular Dystrophy Association meeting could have readthroughs to companies developing therapies for spinal muscular atrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular ...

HOUSTON – A newly identified gene, atrogin-1, is involved in muscle loss associated with cancer, diabetes, fasting and kidney disease as well as in the atrophy occurring with disuse, inactivity, and ...

Loss of muscle mass, also called muscle wasting or atrophy, can happen gradually as part of getting older or more suddenly due to underlying medical conditions. Other factors can contribute, like ...

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People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...

Muscles age differently than you think. Discover the science behind the aging muscle paradox—and how exercise can help you ...

Videos of astronauts on the Moon show them often bouncing across the lunar surface, helped by the fact that the gravity of our satellite is just one-sixth of Earth’s surface gravity. That experience ...