For more than 30 years, scientists have studied how the myogenic determination gene number 1 (MYOD) protein binds DNA to modify the gene expression of muscle stem cells. Similar to the instant kung fu ...

Scientists from the La Jolla-based Sanford Burnham Prebys medical research institute have made a discovery that they say “completely subverts” what scientists had known about certain proteins by ...

ETH Zurich Professor Ori Bar- Nur and his team grow muscle cells in the laboratory. In this case, they are mouse cells, but the researchers are also interested in human and cow cells. Promising ...

Several years ago, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) figured out a way to convert skin cells into muscle cells that were self-renewing and seemed promising for treating injuries and ...