A team of researchers at Tohoku University have developed a simple lab-based system for growing human muscle cells that are capable of vigorously contracting. The team used the model, which was ...

The Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center (AIMRC) will host Dr. Kevin Murach, an associate professor of exercise, at 12:55 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, in CHEM 0144.

Exercise has a well known association with the maintenance of healthy cognition in aging, but the exact, biological reasons behind that link are not fully understood. Researchers have now gained some ...

There are few times in life when one should aim for suboptimal performance, but new research at Rice University suggests scientists who study metabolism and its role in evolution should look for signs ...

Exercising muscles pumps out substances that can suppress the growth of breast cancer cells, according to an important new study of exercise and cancer. The study, published last month, involved 32 ...

Physical exercise may help reduce inflammation in MS by changing immune activity, a study in mice and patients suggests.

A Stony Brook University physician-scientist has identified that mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells, an unconventional form of immune cell, exercise several complex roles during healthy and ...

Substantial evidence supports the association between exercise and reduced risk of colon cancer. Physical activity also reduces mortality and recurrence in those diagnosed with colon cancer. However, ...