Skeletal muscle is pivotal not only for movement but also for systemic metabolic regulation. Its physiology encompasses intricate networks of contractile machinery, mitochondrial dynamics, and ...

Cachexia affects the majority of patients with advanced cancer and is associated with a reduction in treatment tolerance, response to therapy, quality of life, and duration of survival. It is a ...

Can muscles remember their younger, fitter selves? Muscle physiology lore has long held that it is easier to regain muscle mass in once-fit muscles than build it anew, especially as we age. But ...

The study of fish exercise physiology and muscle metabolism encompasses the examination of how mechanical activity and varying swimming intensities affect muscle growth, cellular structure, and ...

How do we sense heat or cold? That question has been answered, earning Massachusetts science’s highest honor. Over the last four decades, Dr. David Julius has risen to the top of the field of ...