These two reports spotlight an ongoing challenge for conquering this disease: researchers have yet to clearly answer the fundamental question of which cells in the body give rise to rhabdomyosarcoma.

Leiomyosarcomas are malignant mesenchymal tumors that can occur in the gynecologic tract, soft tissue compartment or visceral sites. Leiomyosarcomas can be broadly grouped into gynecologic type and ...

A mutation in the gene that causes fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) doesn't just cause extra bone growth but is tied to a problem in generating new muscle tissue after injury, according to ...

Muscular dystrophies, congenital heart muscle defects, and other muscle disorders often arise for reasons that scientists don’t fully understand. Now researchers have discovered that alternative ...

4 British Athletics Medical Team, British Athletics National Performance Centre, LoughboroughUniversity, Loughborough, UK Correspondence to Dr Noel Pollock, British Athletics Medical Team, Level 1 ...