Sing, lonely toadfish
Dec. 20th, 2003 06:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheToadfish Song May Help Heal Humans
The love song of the lonely toadfish is giving scientists new insight on fighting human muscular diseases.
[...] The toadfish, which can be found in the North Pacific from California all the way to Alaska, makes the humming sound by vibrating a set of sonic muscles on its air bladder 6,000 times a minute for more than an hour at a time, an amazing combination of speed and endurance. The human heart, by contrast, beats about 60-80 times a minute.
That kind of muscular capability could lead to clues on fighting human muscle diseases, such as the weakening disorder nemaline myopathy, says Kuan Wang of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
The love song of the lonely toadfish is giving scientists new insight on fighting human muscular diseases.
[...] The toadfish, which can be found in the North Pacific from California all the way to Alaska, makes the humming sound by vibrating a set of sonic muscles on its air bladder 6,000 times a minute for more than an hour at a time, an amazing combination of speed and endurance. The human heart, by contrast, beats about 60-80 times a minute.
That kind of muscular capability could lead to clues on fighting human muscle diseases, such as the weakening disorder nemaline myopathy, says Kuan Wang of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.