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What Happens to Muscles During Exercise?
Exercise changes our muscles, but its molecular effects depend on the type of exercise. 
What Happens to Muscles During Exercise?
What Happens to Muscles During Exercise?

Exercise changes our muscles, but its molecular effects depend on the type of exercise. 

Exercise changes our muscles, but its molecular effects depend on the type of exercise. 

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Cartoon illustration of John Gonzalez eating food and questioning if it is chicken
Why Does Everything Taste Like Chicken? 
Laura Tran, PhD | Dec 1, 2023 | 2 min read
With an appetite for answers, scientists get to the meat of why some unusual foods taste like our favorite fowl.
Education anatomy and Histological sample Striated (Skeletal) muscle of mammal Tissue under the microscope.
Mechanical Implant Stirs Wasting Muscle Back into Action
Holly Barker, PhD | Apr 3, 2023 | 3 min read
An implantable device stimulates muscle contraction and prevents muscular atrophy in mice.
Illustration showing an experimental device called MAGENTA and how it works
Infographic: Tissue Implant Gets Muscles Moving, Prevents Atrophy
Holly Barker, PhD | Apr 3, 2023 | 1 min read
The experimental device, known as MAGENTA, forces muscles to contract, simulating natural movement. 
T regulatory cell in red sandwiching an antigen presenting cell in blue
Gut Bacteria Help T Cells Heal Muscle: Study
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Mar 14, 2023 | 4 min read
Regulatory T cells in the colon travel to muscles to promote wound healing in mice, raising questions about how antibiotics may impact injury recovery.
a mouse moves away from the camera, its left leg caught in a cloth
Scientists Discover New “Superfast” Muscle Fibers in Mouse Limbs
Katherine Irving | Feb 9, 2023 | 4 min read
Fast twitch fibers like these could one day be used to treat diseases like Parkinson’s.
a centrifuge from a birds-eye view, spinning quickly with a colored blur 
Scientists Use Centrifuge to Discover a Hormone
Katherine Irving | Jan 23, 2023 | 3 min read
A new method for isolating extracellular fluid aims to discover molecules with therapeutic potential that were previously obscured by highly abundant proteins.
Neurons and muscle tissue
A Novel Player at the Neuromuscular Junction
Catherine Offord | Sep 12, 2022 | 3 min read
The muscle transmembrane protein Vangl2 helps organize the development and maintenance of connections between muscles and motor neurons, a study concludes.
Image of the Day: Scarred Hearts
Ashley Yeager | Dec 4, 2018 | 1 min read
Maps of diving cells before and after heart attacks in mice offer additional evidence against the existence of cardiac stem cells.
Infographic: Triggering Titin
Julio M. Fernández | Sep 1, 2018 | 1 min read
This third filament involved in muscle function is often ignored in medical textbooks. Here's how it works.
Opinion: Stop Ignoring This Filament Crucial to Muscle Function
Julio M. Fernández | Sep 1, 2018 | 5 min read
Titin was discovered four decades ago, but some physiology textbooks fail to recognize the important role it plays in muscle contraction.
CRISPR Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Helps Dogs
Catherine Offord | Aug 31, 2018 | 2 min read
Researchers boosted levels of the dystrophin protein to nearly normal levels in a canine model of the disease.
Gene Activity Could Give Clues to Time of Death
Ashley Yeager | Feb 12, 2018 | 2 min read
RNA-sequencing data reveal that specific tissues have distinct changes in gene expression after an individual has passed away.
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