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The article, which can be found by clicking on Turn back the clock on aging muscles, is about a new adult stem cell treatment that can help restore strength to damaged skeletal muscles in the elderly. It’s not exactly the elusive “Fountain of Youth” but it’s not far from it – this new method can restore muscle function and strength to the elderly actually matching a young, healthy state.
With the ever increasing population of elderly worldwide, loss of skeletal muscle function and strength has become a significant chronic condition. It is estimated that people lose 15% of muscle mass each year after the age of 75, and up until now that loss has been irreversible and often devastating. Skeletal muscles support basic functions such as sitting, standing, blinking, and swallowing. The loss of muscle function is not easy to deal with – and many of you know exactly what I’m talking about.
Co-author of the study Assistant Professor Penney Gilbert at University of Toronto notes that during aging some stem cells experience a protein modification that impedes the growth of new stem cells. According to Gilbert, “The new method allowed the aged cells to grow and make more copies of themselves.” By transplanting these rejuvenated stem cells into injured or aged muscles tissue, they were able to return strength to levels on par with young, healthy tissue.
The new study supports what we at RSCI have been saying for years about the regenerative and restorative power of adult stem cells.” Perhaps most important is that the new stem cell treatment also has the potential to significantly shorten and improve recovery from hip replacement surgery for the elderly.
Some of the muscles affected by hip replacement surgery which can be treated with adult stem cells.
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