When piglets don’t get enough milk in the first weeks of life, the chances of them thriving dramatically decline. In the U.S.

After decades of hype and setbacks, scientists have made impressive progress into tricking stem cells into repairing organs.

They weren’t snakes, of course, but nematodes, also known as roundworms—and, it turns out, they’re the most common ...

Estrogen-related receptors (ERRs) regulate muscle mitochondria in mice, revealing a new potential drug targets for metabolic ...

On-screen and in hospitals, fake body parts are getting more and more realistic. That helps medical students practice for ...

Research from Ph.D. candidate Bohan Chen in the lab of Idse Heemskerk of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which ...

From the day we're born, we know how to breathe correctly. That means letting the diaphragm—the large, thin muscle just below ...

Zebrafish lacking a functional muscle clock showed signs of premature aging at two years. They were shorter, weighed less, swam less frequently and at slower speeds.

If you can’t comfortably stand on one leg for 10 seconds, your body may be trying to tell you something. “Being able to stand ...

Researchers found that the body ... In the lab, these findings can help researchers fine-tune artificial feeding protocols for pigs being raised to improve biomedical research. This is increasingly ...

but as the director of the Muscle Physiology Laboratory, located within UC San Diego’s Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, he is leveraging his dual passion for clinical care and ...