Using gene editing in a preclinical model, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center blocked the symptoms of a rare smooth muscle disease before they developed. Their findings, published in ...

Building functional human muscle in the laboratory has long been a goal of regenerative medicine, but one stubborn obstacle ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a life-threatening vascular disorder that primarily affects elderly males. It often develops asymptomatically, yet aneurysm rupture can lead to rapid fatality.

SLC44A2 controls vascular smooth muscle cells and is key for controlling aortic aneurysm Aug. 28, 2024 ...

Muscle-on-chip systems are three-dimensional human muscle cell bundles cultured on collagen scaffolds. A Stanford University research team sent some of these systems to the International Space Station ...

Scientists at the University of California, Irvine's School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences have discovered how muscle stem cells "flip a switch" to rebuild damaged muscle—a finding that could ...