Researchers have discovered that the smooth muscle cells that line the arteries of people with atherosclerosis can change ...

By discovering how a type of smooth muscle—which is essential for mechanical aspects of absorbing fats from food—forms in the ...

Columbia researchers have found that cells inside clogged arteries have cancer-like properties that aggravate atherosclerosis ...

Laura knew her family's senior dog didn't have much time left, but she wanted to do something special for him.

Their study found that smooth muscle cells that normally line the inside of our arteries migrate into atherosclerotic plaques, change their cell identity, activate cancer genes, and proliferate inside ...

That’s because their active ingredients, a class of compounds called alkyl nitrites, such as amyl nitrite and isobutyl nitrite, can relax the smooth muscles in your body. This can increase the ...

The other cause for symptoms for men with signs of prostate enlargement isn't really the size of the gland, but the fact that the gland and surrounding tissues are involved with smooth muscle.

While there’s no way to prevent wrinkles from forming (full-stop), topical creams and cosmetic treatments can help rejuvenate ...

The Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting/Flow Cytometry Shared Resource Laboratory (FACS/FCMSRL) is a state-of-the-art facility providing analytical fluorescence-based flow cytometry and cell sorting.

The findings, published in a study in Developmental Cell, reveal that intestinal smooth muscle originates in embryos and forms by the same process that is a hallmark of creating scar tissue when a ...