POSTS TAGGED AS Muscle

Device to Measure Muscle Atrophy

Sensor aims to help patients who suffer from muscle atrophy monitor changes to their health in a more convenient way
“To [MORE]

Direct Cell Reprogramming for Muscle Regeneration

Bioengineered hybrid muscle fiber
A research collaboration between scientists at Yonsei University in South Korea and MIT sought to address volumetric [MORE]

Muscle from a Single Cell with Multiple Nuclei

Skeletal muscle fiber with multiple nuclei
“Usually, each cell has exactly one nucleus. But the cells of our skeletal muscles are [MORE]

Programmable Fibers for Artificial Muscle

Artificial muscle that curlswhen warmed
Artificial muscles are of interest in both industrial (robotic) and medical (prosthetic) technology.  On that subject, [MORE]

Implantable Bioscaffolds for Muscle Regeneration

Healing Muscle Injury
Regenerative medicine research physicians have successfully implanted bioscaffolds (i.e. extracellular matrix derived from pig bladder tissue) in 13 [MORE]

Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Electromyography

Dry Electrode EMG
To assess muscle conditions, physiologists attach electrodes of either the wet or dry types. But neither are given [MORE]

Graphene Foam Muscle Scaffolding for Regenerating Tissue

Myoblasts on Graphene Foam
Graphene foam is a compound of graphene oxide and boron nitride that self-assembles into structures resembling chicken [MORE]

Lab-Grown Limbs

Decellularization
The technique of taking an animal organ, washing cells out of the extracellular matrix, and then seeding in new cells [MORE]

Regenerating Muscle Tissue in situ

Muscle Tissue Regeneration in-situ
In another remarkable experiment, regenerative medicine researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, were able to implant [MORE]

Free Software for Simulating Human Motion

Bioengineers at Stanford have created a simulation program for human motion that is useful for such things as designing [MORE]

Synthetic Muscles

Synthetic Muscle
A protein-based biomaterial that mimics the structure and function of titin in natural muscle tissue has been developed [MORE]

Nerve-Enabled Prosthetics

Nerve-Enabled Prosthesis
Knowing that nerves, formerly connected to a severed arm, continue to sprout in search for new muscle, researchers at [MORE]

Electrical Impedance Myography

Myography
Using a probe and sensor approach similar to one that evaluates fat in the body, Harvard Medical School neurologist Seward [MORE]