Follistatin was used in mice to determine if enhanced muscle mass impacts the symptoms of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). After treatment, the mice had increased muscle mass, gross motor function improvement and an increase in average life span of 30 percent.” With the therapy, MU researchers inhibited myostatin, a protein that limits muscle tissue growth. …
Carnival of space week 86 is up at collectSpace This site provided an article on experimental validation and measurement of a repulsive casimir force and what control of the casimir force could enable. The OrbitalHub looks at Orbital Corp.’s (no relation) Taurus II medium-lift launch vehicle and the Cygnus spacecraft, which NASA recently contracted to …
Most existing heat-harvesting technologies are efficient only at temperatures above 150 °C, and much waste heat just isn’t that hot. Now Ener-G-Rotors, based in Schenectady, NY, is developing technology that can use heat between 65 and 150 °C. [338-453 Kelvin] The company expects to convert 10 to 15 percent of low-temperature waste heat into electricity, …