Working out doesn't just build muscle but, in later life, helps maintain a powerful cellular machine that repairs damaged ...

Researchers have shown that cardiac scar tissue (fibroblasts) can be directly reprogrammed to heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) in mice. By treating mice post-heart attack with a virus carrying ...

Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes today are announcing a research breakthrough in mice that one day may help doctors restore hearts damaged by heart attacks — by converting ...

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have uncovered how exercise helps aging muscles regain their ability to repair ...

HOUSTON, Texas (Ivanhoe Newswire) – From destroyed muscles to torn up tissues, every year, 4.5 million people undergo reconstructive surgeries. Although surgeons can help repair the problem, many ...

In the short-term, hypertrophy training causes microtrauma to the muscle, making it break down and leading to tiny tears.

Once formed, heart scar tissue remains for life, reducing the heart's ability to pump blood and adding strain to the remaining heart muscle. People who develop larger scars have a higher risk of heart ...

Some phrases are commonly used and are only sometimes valid when said. For those of us in the Pacific Northwest, an example could be using the term “It’s freezing out.” This phrase is often used when ...