Muscle
Muscular worm larva
The image shows a larva of Platynereis dumerilii, a marine worm. The image here was produced by Constantin Pape, a visiting predoctoral fellow in the…
Muscle games
Every single moment of our life we use our muscles – most of the time without even thinking about it. Some muscles, like our heart, we cannot even…
A no-brainer
Have you ever wondered what reflex testing is about? Why does your doctor tap the space below your knee with a hammer to see if your leg kicks…
Stretching helices help keep muscles together
In this video, a protein called myomesin does its impression of Mr. Fantastic, the leader of the Fantastic Four of comic book fame, who performed…
From fruit fly wings to heart failure. Why Not(ch)?
Almost a century after it was discovered in fruit flies with notches in their wings, the Notch signalling pathway may come to play an important role…
To regenerate muscle, cellular garbage men must become builders
For scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, what seemed like a disappointing result turned out to be…
An ambulance man for muscle damage
It does not take much to injure a muscle. Sometimes one sudden, inconsiderate movement does the job. Unfortunately, damaged muscles are not as…
Helping muscle regenerate
Muscle wasting can occur at all ages as the result of genetic defects, heart failure, spinal injury or cancer. A therapy to cure the loss of muscle…
The giant protein titin helps build muscles
Imagine grabbing two snakes by the tail so that they can’t wriggle off in opposite directions. Scientists at the Hamburg Outstation of the…
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