These days, novel diseases such as COVID-19 are pushing scientists to work real hard and real fast to find treatments and cures for patients. But there are also many other types of old foes that live ...

Although a biphasic dependence of cell migration speed on cell-substratum adhesiveness has been predicted theoretically, experimental data directly demonstrating a relationship between these two ...

Atherosclerosis underlies most heart attacks and strokes and is now recognized as a chronic inflammatory disease rather than ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that damage to small blood vessels in the hereditary disease CADASIL may disrupt ...

In a preclinical study, researchers identified and characterized 18 new compounds (agonists) that activate bitter taste receptor subtype TAS2R5 to promote relaxation of human airway smooth muscle ...

Researchers at Niigata University used advanced three-dimensional imaging to reveal how amyloid β deposits spread along blood ...

The muscular system works to control the movement of our body and internal organs. Muscle tissue contains something called muscle fibers. Muscle fibers consist of a single muscle cell. They help to ...

The film explores the muscular system of the human body, detailing the roles and functions of the three types of muscles: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. Skeletal muscles, which are voluntary and work ...

Skeletal muscle is the type of muscle that controls movement. Problems with these muscles can be minor, life-threatening, or ongoing problems that make it hard to perform basic daily activities.