by Ohio State University Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) patients lose body weight and muscle mass, despite being on a high-calorie diet while in the intensive care unit. Their muscle wasting is substantial and extends beyond what can explained by inactivity or denervation (loss of nerve supply) alone. Research led...
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON IMAGE: ASHOK KUMAR, ELSE AND PHILIP HARGROVE ENDOWED PROFESSOR OF PHARMACY AND CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES IN THE UH COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, IS EXAMINING MUSCLE WASTING IN HOPES TO DEVELOP A PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON Skeletal muscle atrophy, or wasting, is a devastating and often...
by University of Basel Skeletal muscle tissue. Credit: University of Michigan Medical School Everyone wants to stay fit and healthy as they grow old. But as we age, our body degrades, our muscles shrink and strength declines. Some older people suffer from excessive muscle loss, a condition known as sarcopenia. University of Basel researchers show...
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Muscle wasting, or the loss of muscle tissue, is a common problem for people with cancer, but the precise mechanisms have long eluded doctors and scientists. Now, a new study led by Penn State researchers gives new clues to how muscle wasting happens on a cellular level. Using a mouse model...
