/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2587/all en /newsroom/channels/news/new-understanding-how-muscles-work-269759 <p>Muscle malfunctions may be as simple as a slight strain after exercise or as serious as heart failure and muscular dystrophy. A new technique developed at ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û now makes it possible to look much more closely at how sarcomeres, the basic building blocks within all skeletal and cardiac muscles, work together. It’s a discovery that should advance research into a wide range of muscle malfunctions.</p> <p><strong>Talk about finicky work</strong></p> Wed, 23 Aug 2017 15:24:05 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32196 at /newsroom