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Education anatomy and Histological sample Striated (Skeletal) muscle of mammal Tissue under the microscope.

Mechanical Implant Stirs Wasting Muscle Back into Action

An implantable device stimulates muscle contraction and prevents muscular atrophy in mice.

Mechanical Implant Stirs Wasting Muscle Back into Action

Mechanical Implant Stirs Wasting Muscle Back into Action

An implantable device stimulates muscle contraction and prevents muscular atrophy in mice.

An implantable device stimulates muscle contraction and prevents muscular atrophy in mice.

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Illustration showing an experimental device called MAGENTA and how it works

Infographic: Tissue Implant Gets Muscles Moving, Prevents Atrophy

Holly Barker, PhD | Apr 3, 2023 | 1 min read

The experimental device, known as MAGENTA, forces muscles to contract, simulating natural movement.

Muscle immobilization leads to atrophy

Antioxidants Put the Pep Back in One’s Step

Niki Spahich, PhD | Jun 13, 2022 | 3 min read

Delivering antioxidants via extracellular vesicles to atrophied muscles restores them during rehabilitation.

FDA Approves Gene Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Ashley Yeager | May 27, 2019 | 3 min read

At $2 million for a single dose, Novartis’s Zolgensma is the most expensive medicine to date, but still less expensive over a lifetime than another approved drug for the rare genetic disease.

Flipped Fat-burning Linked to Cancer Cachexia

Jyoti Madhusoodanan | Jul 22, 2014 | 2 min read

Conversion of white fat to brown is associated with muscle atrophy and weight loss in cancer patients.

Apple peels give mice muscle power

Jessica P. Johnson | Jun 9, 2011 | 1 min read

A waxy substance, ursolic acid, found in high concentrations in apple peels, can help mice build muscle and reduce muscle atrophy, body fat, blood sugar levels, and cholesterol, reports Newswise.

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