Skeletal muscle is the type of muscle that controls movement. Problems with these muscles can be minor, life-threatening, or ongoing problems that make it hard to perform basic daily activities.

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

There's a lot of talk about lean muscle compared to bulk muscle, but experts say it's not worth differentiating the two.

Biological muscles act as flexible actuators, generating force naturally and with an impressive range of motion. Unsurprisingly, scientists and engineers have been striving to build artificial muscles ...

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