Friday, 15 February 2019

Muscle-maintaining drug may help seniors stay spry

Known as NNMTi, the drug reduces age-related dysfunction of muscle stem cells

It's a sad fact that past the age of about 35, we begin to progressively lose muscle mass. This can be somewhat offset through exercise, although most people still generally tend to get weaker as they get older. A new drug could help, as it's been shown to increase muscle size and strength in elderly mice.

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from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2SC4roN

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