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  • New approach enhances muscle recovery in aged mice

    Apr 13, 2022 10:00 am by Diana YatesResearch
    Kinesiology and community health professor Marni Boppart, left, chemistry professor Jonathan Sweedler and their colleagues developed a new method to recover skeletal muscle after disuse. They report their findings in the Journal of Physiology. Photo by Michelle Hassel

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    • Kinesiology and community health professor Marni Boppart, left, chemistry professor Jonathan Sweedler and their colleagues developed a new method to recover skeletal muscle after disuse. They report their findings in the Journal of Physiology. Photo by Michelle Hassel

    The muscles of children, young adults tend to recover quickly from atrophy caused by disuse, 'but unfortunately for older adults, they are deficient in the capacity to recover muscle mass,' says researcher Marni Boppart.