• New Study Offers Insights Into Role of Muscle Weakness in Down Syndrome:  It is well known that people with Down syndrome (DS) suffer from marked muscle weakness. A new study led by scientists from Syracuse University sheds light on some of the suspected causes of muscle weakness.
  • The APS and TPS Partner with Wiley on New Open Access Journal:  APS is partnering with The Physiological Society (TPS) and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. to publish a new open access peer-reviewed journal, Physiological Reports, which launches in early 2013. The journal will offer peer-reviewed research across all areas of basic, translational and clinical physiology and allied disciplines for physiologists, neuroscientists, biophysicists and clinicians, and is APS’ first fully open access online-only journal.
  • Arginine and Proline Enriched Diet May Speed Wound Healing in Diabetes:  Chronic wounds such as foot ulcers are a common problem for diabetics and are the cause of more than 80 percent of the lower leg amputations in these patients. There is currently no effective way to improve healing of these types of wounds, but new research may offer some hope. The study has found that diabetic rats on a specific type of high protein diet showed better wound healing compared to rats fed either a standard diet or other high protein foods.
  • Call for Nominations:  Call for Nominations for the Editorship of Advances in Physiology Education
  • Changes in Sleep Architecture Increase Hunger, Eating:  New study findings suggest an explanation for the association between sleep problems and obesity. The study appears in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.
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