Cell fusion is predominantly reported to modulate the development of organs during embryogenesis, morphogenesis, and cellular differentiation. Indeed, the placenta, bone, and muscle rely on ... to ...

The one exception of an involuntary muscle is the myocardium, or heart muscle. The myocardium is composed of a specialized type of muscle cell called cardiac muscle that is ... at the neuromuscular ...

Researchers from Heidelberg University, Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

A patch made from lab-grown muscle cells boosted heart function in monkeys with cardiovascular disease and is now being tested in humans ...

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

In a study published today in the journal Immunity, researchers describe how immune system cells recognize and eat dying ...

The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

Researchers found that newborn immune cells regenerate heart tissue by producing thromboxane. Mimicking this process in ...

Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States ...