Have you ever been curious about which muscle is the fastest or strongest muscle in the body? Before we answer these questions, we must first define the three different types of muscles in our bodies: ...

November 23, 2006 (Boston, MA) — The range of embryonic stem cells that ultimately develop into the heart muscle and its conduction system and vasculature might be narrower in range than once believed ...

Neural crest cells constitute a multipotent cell population that gives rise to diverse cell lineages. The neural crest arising from the postotic hindbrain is known as the ‘cardiac’ neural crest, and ...

New insight into the physiology of cardiac muscle may lead to the development of therapeutic strategies that exploit an inherent protective state of the heart. The research discovers a state of ...

An immediate early publication of the journal Cell, published by Cell Press, on Nov. 22, 2006 points to the possible existence of master cardiac stem cells with the capacity to produce all three major ...

AMES, Iowa – Researchers may have discovered a way to turn back the clock on aging heart muscles in fruit flies, a development that could lead to new therapies for older humans with heart disease. Hua ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The muscular system can be broken down into three types of muscles: skeletal, smooth and cardiac.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are regulators of myriad cellular events, but evidence for a single miRNA that can efficiently differentiate multipotent stem cells into a specific lineage or regulate direct ...

Heart attacks cause both long- and short-term problems. In the short-term, the death of cardiac muscle cells can cause a critical drop in the heart's ability to function. Over the long haul, problems ...