A single species of gut bacterium, one that thrives on the fiber-rich foods central to the Mediterranean diet, boosted forelimb grip strength by roughly 30% in mice, according to a study published ...

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Scientists Find A Gut Microbe That Could Help Aging Muscles Stay Strong In A Nutshell Scientists identified a gut bacterium, ...

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 ...

The trillions of microbes living in the human gut are increasingly recognised as important partners in human health.

GALVESTON, Texas — When the Apollo 11 crew got back from the moon 40 years ago this week, they showed no ill effects from seven days spent in weightlessness. But as American astronauts and Soviet ...

Researchers found that GLP-1 medicines caused weight loss mainly through fat reduction, with only modest decreases in ...

We have identified a macrophage population "Mrep" that plays an essential role in muscle repair. However, in Fibrodysplasia ...

Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro are changing how millions lose weight, but they come with a hidden drawback: they can strip away muscle along with fat, sometimes making up nearly half of the ...

Musculoskeletal disorders are a primary cause of disability worldwide, especially in aging societies like Japan. As individuals age, reductions in muscle mass and physical activity weaken the body's ...

(Pascal/Flickr/public domain/CC0 1.0) A specific microbe found in the human gut appears to be able to boost muscle strength, ...