proteins

proteins

How proteins build muscle.
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    Researchers develop methods for producing artificial muscles with polymer covalent organic frameworks (polyCOFs).
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    Learn about what is believed to be the oldest soft tissue ever found, in a dinosaur fossil dating to the Jurassic Period.
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    Skeletal muscles are attached to the bones by tendons.
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    Voluntary muscles are controlled by the motor cortex, while involuntary muscles are controlled by other regions of the brain such as the hypothalamus.