Proper regulation of these rates is essential to tissue maintenance and repair. The spatial organization of the cells that form a tissue is also central to the tissue's function and survival.

Figure 2: High magnification of one Adult Drosophila muscle showing organization of muscle fibers ... characterized by the presence of nemaline bodies in the affected muscle tissue, muscle weakness, ...

This pattern is formed by a series of basic units called sarcomeres that are arranged in a stacked pattern throughout muscle tissue (Figure 1). There can be thousands of sarcomeres within a single ...

Exercising causes tiny tears in your muscle tissue. When you rest, these tears are repaired by cells called fibroblasts that help your muscles grow and become stronger. "Rest days are actually ...

Now, MIT engineers have taken a major step toward developing robots that replace rigid gears with something much softer – almost like real, living muscle tissue. In other words, they have found ...

Objective The aim of our study was to assess a group of patients with calf muscle tears and evaluate the integrity of the connective tissue boundaries and interfaces. Further, we propose a novel MRI ...