Biochemistry-based studies have also associated a role for the striated muscle–specific protein, nebulin-related anchoring protein (N-RAP), in cardiac muscle mechanotransduction at sites that ...

A new antibody treatment prevents cholesterol buildup in heart mitochondria and restores energy production, offering hope for ...

Researchers at Tohoku University have discovered that an oral drug called MA-5 can improve both heart and muscle problems in ...

Researchers have developed a novel method for simultaneously recording action potentials (APs)—temporary changes in electrical potential when cells become excited—and calcium transients—calcium ...

New findings by a team of molecular biologists at Brown University on the critical role of a protein called AIMP3 in heart ...

Hypertrophy of heart cells stimulated by pathological stress from cardiovascular disease increases the risk of morbidity and mortality, and inhibition of such hypertrophy is attracting increasing ...

Researchers using cardiac MRI have found that long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with early signs of heart ...

Last year, Sarepta – which leads the market for exon-skipping DMD drugs – got FDA approval for Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec), the first gene therapy for the muscle-wasting disease.

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Cardiac fibroblasts are the most abundant nonmyocyte cell type in the heart, constituting ≈60% of cell number and 15% of cell mass of the tissue. 90 They play key regulatory roles in cardiac ...

ARVC is a genetic disease that weakens heart muscle cells mostly in the right ventricle ... which can cause damage and cardiac arrest,” says Gilotra, an associate professor of medicine at the Johns ...