Two related studies published today in Nature Metabolism show that a specialized intracellular recycling ...

Our biceps and our brain cells may have more in common than previously thought. New research led by the Lippincott-Schwartz Lab shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those ...

An international team has produced the first high-resolution 3D image of the sarcomere, the basic contractile unit of skeletal and heart muscle cells, by using electron cryo-tomography. Electron ...

A new study reveals a unique form of cell communication that controls muscle repair. A new study published in the journal Science reveals a unique form of cell communication that controls muscle ...

It's an unfortunate fact of life that as we get older, our cells gradually lose the ability to heal themselves. Thankfully, at least one aspect of that might be treatable in the near future, if new ...

When scientists first sent microscopic worms into orbit in 2018, they hoped to answer a question that has shaped every ...

The same technology used in COVID-19 vaccines could help prevent muscle damage from snakebites, according to a study ...