UCI scientists have discovered a new treatment for the most common skeletal muscle disorder for people 50 and older, officials said. A new study shows that lithium chloride, normally used to treat ...

Skeletal muscle channelopathies and myotonic disorders constitute a heterogeneous group of neuromuscular conditions caused by mutations that impair the function of ion channels, including sodium and ...

A new study published in the journal of Transplantation Proceedings showed that even if renal function improves, skeletal ...

Dyne Therapeutics, Inc. (DYN) is advancing the use of its FORCE platform to target skeletal muscle disorders. This would be with the use of modern oligonucleotide technology drugs like DYNE-101 and ...

If your doctor has suggested that you may have a myopathy, you likely have a lot of questions. There are many types of myopathies with different causes and outlooks. Myopathies are a class of diseases ...

BOSTON -- Meet Lexi Pappas and Kate Zwickau: they have a rare disease called facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy or FSHD. It's a genetic muscle disorder that leads to the weakening of skeletal ...

The mechanism of skeletal muscle contraction is a process that relies on calcium signaling. However, the physiological role of calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) through the ryanodine receptor ...

Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric condition characterized by a fear of weight gain and reduced calorie consumption that can ...

Muscles are made up of proteins. Myosin, a fibrous protein, serves as a molecular motor and converts the chemical energy stored inside our body into mechanical energy. The synergistic association ...