Scientists make old muscles young again in attempt to combat aging

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 15:31 in Health & Medicine

An international team of scientists has identified for the first time a key factor responsible for declining muscle repair during aging, and discovered how to halt the process in mice with a common drug. Although an early study, the findings provide clues as to how muscles lose mass with age, which can result in weakness that affects mobility and may cause falls.

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