A protein called Sestrin can mimic the benefits of exercise, research with flies on treadmills shows. The finding could help people with muscle wasting.

A way to turn back the clock on fruit flies' aging heart muscles could lead to new treatments for older humans with heart disease.

To extract nectar from flowers while in flight, moths depend on precise, millisecond timing between their brain and muscles.

In a new study, people in middle age who had higher amounts of fat in their mid-section had worse fluid intelligence as they got older.

"We want to provide a reliable, patient-friendly and affordable way to treat the millions of people with swallowing disorders."

Supercharging immune cells that eat dead cells could help prevent heart failure after a heart attack, research with mice shows.

The neurons of itchy turtles show that movement most likely starts in a network of cells, not one "command center."

The muscles in bats’ wings are much cooler than the muscles in their core. The finding could one day enhance our understanding of human muscle.

A "bronchi on a chip" one-thousandth the size of a human hair that mimics the behavior of the human airways sheds light on bronchospasm.

Researchers have identified a very rare disease in which people's immune systems attack their own muscles. They also found an effective treatment.