A team of researchers has developed a simple lab-based system for growing human muscle cells that are capable of vigorously contracting. A team of researchers at Tohoku University have developed a ...

Muscle-on-chip systems are three-dimensional human muscle cell bundles cultured on collagen scaffolds. A Stanford University research team sent some of these systems to the International Space Station ...

Preventing muscle loss in space is simple: Just spend an hour a day in a giant human centrifuge that's spinning at 30 rotations per minute. And don't lose your lunch. In the first human experiment ...

As a result of pent-up chest muscle tension, “your shoulders might hurt, your neck might become tight, or you might experience stiffness in the back,” says Carrie Lamb, PT, DPT, OCS, board-certified ...

In a world first, biomedical engineers from Duke University have created the first functioning human skeletal muscle from pluripotent stem cells, which are capable of producing any form of body cell ...

Do you want to change the shape of your body through exercise? Or maybe you’re an athlete who wants to improve your swing or throw. If so, building your chest muscles can help achieve these results.

For years, anecdotes and some studies have suggested that chimpanzees are 'super strong' compared to humans, implying that their muscle fibers are superior to humans'. Now a research team reports that ...