Researchers’ strategy may help rejuvenate aging muscle
tissue
Is aging inevitable? What factors make older tissues in the
human body less able to maintain and repair themselves, as in the weakening and
shrinkage of aging muscles in humans? A new study from Harvard-affiliated
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators and collaborators at King’s
College London describes the mechanism behind impaired muscle repair during
aging and a strategy that may help rejuvenate aging tissue by manipulating the
environment in which muscle stem cells reside. The report will appear in the
journal Nature and has received advance online release today.