Sticky Protein Helps Reinforce Fragile Muscle Membranes
Friday, July 24, 2009 - 11:28
in Biology & Nature
A new study shows why muscle membranes don't rupture when healthy people exercise. The findings shed light on a mechanism that appears to protect cells from mechanical stress. The study also helps explain why muscle damage is so severe when this mechanism is disrupted, which occurs in certain muscular dystrophies.