We have identified a macrophage population "Mrep" that plays an essential role in muscle repair. However, in Fibrodysplasia ...

To study muscle diseases, scientists rely on the mouse as a model organism. Researchers have now developed a new method that is not only faster and more efficient than conventional ones but also ...

Muscles are formed by the merging of many small myoblasts into larger myofibers. This fusion of mononucleated myoblasts with a single nucleus into multinucleated myofibers with multiple nuclei is an ...

Musculoskeletal disorders are a primary cause of disability worldwide, especially in aging societies like Japan. As ...

As we age, our muscles gradually become smaller, weaker and less able to heal after injury. In a new study, researchers pinpoint an important mediator of youthfulness in mouse muscle, a discovery that ...