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The study of muscular system protein myostatin has been of great interest to researchers as a potential therapeutic target for people with muscular disorders. Although much is known about how myostatin affects muscle growth, there has been disagreement about what types of muscle cells it acts upon. New research from a team including Carnegie's Chen-Ming Fan and Christoph Lepper narrows down the field to one likely type of cell. Their work is published the week of August 6 by Proceedings of...

How to gain a pound of muscle within a week and the secrets of building a muscular physique quickly has been revealed. Building muscles is an integral part of achieving an attractive figure that is every man's dream. Stan's QuickMuscleBuildingTips.com provides detailed guidelines to maximize muscle building covering all relevant aspects. Houston, TX (PRWEB) August 04, 2012 Having an attractive body with bulging muscles is a secretly nurtured dream for most men these days. However,...

Sprinting performance isn’t a factor of conserving energy; rather, forces applied by the foot hitting the ground maximize all-out bursts of sprinting Sprinters competing in the 2012 Olympics might assume their championship performance is the result of their fuel-efficient physiology. But a new study disproves the classic scientific view that conserving energy maximizes performance in a sprinting event. The study by biomechanics researchers Matthew W. Bundle at the University of...

GetFitDaily offers women around the world the latest weight loss tips and women’s exercises. In her latest blog post, Stacy Carlo announces new information about the pains of muscle soreness. Manhattan Beach, CA (PRWEB) July 25, 2012 GetFitDaily.com is one of the world’s most visited Fitness Tips blogs. Offering daily tips and advice to women, information can be read directly from their blog, or via a daily digest email. Today, Stacy Carlo at GetFitDaily published her latest post,...

Dr. Steve Young, of Body Solutions, Inc., is an expert in physiology and says any Muscle Confusion workout program is likely to be just a marketing tactic. Cherry Hill, NJ (PRWEB) July 25, 2012 Dr. Steve Young, DPT is announcing a PSA video on YouTube to discuss the “Muscle Confusion Myth.” Dr. Young, who is the director of Body Solutions, Inc. in Cherry Hill, NJ, has studied physiology and hopes his video will help people understand that a structured plan is the key to a “ripped”...

UK Runners Suffer from Stiff Upper Hips--Somax Performance Institute Tiburon, CA (PRWEB) July 22, 2012 Somax Performance Institute (http://somaxsports.com), the world leader in analyzing, measuring and improving running mechanics, has found that British Olympic runners (with the exception of Mo Farah, who was born in Somalia) are much stiffer than British Olympic runners from 15-30 years ago, which explains why UK running records are 15-30 years old. Since their hips are also stiffer...

Max Planck scientists bring the basis of muscle movement into sharper focus Muscle contraction and many other movement processes are controlled by the interplay between myosin and actin filaments. Two further proteins, tropomyosin and troponin, regulate how myosin binds to actin. While theoretical models have in fact described exactly how these muscle proteins interact, this interaction has never previously been observed in detail. Stefan Raunser and Elmar Behrmann from the Max Planck...

Gardening and yard work can be a real pain in the back if you’re not careful. Follow these ten helpful tips from Easy Rest Adjustable Beds when working in the yard to avoid back pain that can keep you up at night. Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) July 17, 2012 Do you work hard to make your yard the envy of your neighbors or are you a reluctant gardener just trying to maintain minimum standards of the neighborhood? No matter which type of homeowner you are one thing holds true - gardening and yard...

New research shows that exercise is a key step in building a muscle-like implant in the lab with the potential to repair muscle damage from injury or disease. In mice, these implants successfully prompt the regeneration and repair of damaged or lost muscle tissue, resulting in significant functional improvement. "While the body has a capacity to repair small defects in skeletal muscle, the only option for larger defects is to surgically move muscle from one part of the body to another....

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Scientists have reported in the journal Scientific Reports that spaceflight could help a microscopic worm live longer. The international group of scientists were studying the loss of bone and muscle mass experienced by astronauts when they found that spaceflight suppressed accumulation of toxic proteins that normally accumulate within aging muscle. “We identified seven genes, which were down-regulated in space and whose...