Scientists have shown that a single injection of self-amplifying RNA, delivered into skeletal muscle rather than the heart itself, can trigger weeks of sustained hormone production that protects ...

Until now, there have been few therapeutic options for children with severely reduced heart pump function. Recently, surgical ...

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalised from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to ...

A series of recent physiology studies span from rare disease mechanisms to space-based biomedical advances. Findings include a new mouse model for myofibrillar myopathy type 6 that identifies ...

Bonn, 22 April 2026 – Until now, there have been few therapeutic options for children with severely reduced heart pump ...

Myofibrillar myopathy type 6 (MFM6) is a rare genetic muscle disorder that leads to severe muscle weakness and a drastically shortened life expectancy due to a disruption in muscle protein regulation.

Danielle “Nellie” Bruns, an associate professor in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Zoology and Physiology, has received a five-year, $1.78 million research grant from the National Institutes ...