Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathies (HCM) are heart diseases caused by mutations expressed in myosins, proteins responsible for heart contraction, which can lead to heart failure over the long term ...

While their functions are diverse, myosins are similar in structure. NMII is so much like cardiac myosin, which keeps the ...

A research group has uncovered important details about how platelet-activating factor (PAF)—a powerful molecule involved in ...

Mitochondria are cell organelles surrounded by a double membrane. In addition to numerous essential functions in the ...

Discover what the mind-muscle connection really is, why it matters for building muscle and strength, and how to use it for ...

A research group led by Dr. Keisuke Obara, Dr. Kento Yoshioka, and Professor Yoshio Tanaka from the Department of Chemical ...

To build proteins, cells rely on a molecule called transfer RNA, or tRNA. tRNAs act like protein-building couriers, where ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered a previously unknown molecule that may explain why people with type 2 diabetes often suffer from muscle weakness and muscle loss—a condition that ...

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) is a heterogeneous group of acquired, autoimmune muscle diseases characterized by muscle inflammation and extramuscular involvements. Present literatures have ...