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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

In a surprising discovery, scientists have found that the heart possesses "sweet taste" receptors, similar to those on our tongues, and that stimulating these receptors with sweet substances can ...

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