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    Exercising Muscle combats Chronic Inflammation on its own

    January 25, 2021, Categories  Biology/Biotechnology, Health/Medical

    Four square images, three of detailed fibers stained red and green, one a line graph
    Long, thin, well-defined muscle fibers (top left) are in shambles after prolonged inflammation (top right), but maintain their structure (bottom left) and strength (bottom right) when exercised during the inflammation.

    Exercising lab-grown human muscle autonomously blocks the damaging effects of interferon gamma. Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that human muscle has an innate ability to ward off the damaging effects of chronic inflammation when exercised. The discovery was made possible through the use of lab-grown, engineered human muscle, demonstrating the potential power of the first-of-its-kind platform in such research endeavors.

    The results appear online on January 22 in the journal Science Advances.

    “Lots of processes are taking place throughout t...

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