Two ground-breaking papers, published back-to-back in Nature 54 years ago, independently showed that muscle shortens as a result of the sliding between the thick and thin filaments of the fibres ...

- Muscle cells, also known as myocytes, are specialized cells designed for contraction and force production. Skeletal Muscle Cells: These cells are long, cylindrical, and have a striated (or striped) ...

In the first of the papers 1, Andrew Huxley and Rolf Niedergerke reported measurements of the optically dense ‘A-bands’ in intact fibres from striated (skeletal) muscle. Using a novel interference ...

As the world gears up for this summer's Olympics, scientists are celebrating the work of a British woman whose research contributed to a better understanding of how muscles function. It is the 50th ...