Good News: Stem Cells Overpower Muscle Disease

Milk may beat soy for building muscle

merry submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.reutershealth.com)

Researchers found that young men who followed their weight training regimens with a couple glasses of skim milk gained extra muscle mass. Compared with their counterparts who consumed soy or carbohydrate drinks, the milk drinkers gained up to 60 percent more muscle mass, on average.

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AICAR acutely stimulates skeletal muscle 2-deoxyglucose uptake in healthy men.

captainclaw submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (diabetes.diabetesjournals.org)

"Activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in rodent muscle, by exercise, metformin, 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide 1-ß-D-ribofuranoside (AICAR) and adiponectin, increases glucose uptake. The aim of the study was to determine whether AICAR stimulates muscle glucose uptake in humans.In healthy people, AICAR acutely stimulates muscle 2DG uptake with a minor effect on whole body glucose disposal."

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Possible New Strategy For Treating Rare Muscle Disease, Kidney Disorders

Luneetty submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.sciencedaily.com)

Based on clues provided by a study with transgenic mice, a research group at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has developed a strategy that will be tested as the first treatment for people with hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM), a rare, degenerative muscle disease. In an unexpected finding, the research indicates that the approach also might benefit patients with certain kidney disorders.

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