Public Health Need, Molecular Targets, and Opportunities for the Accelerated Development of Function-Promoting Therapies: Proceedings of a National Institute on Aging Workshop.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People ≥ 65 years are expected to live a substantial portion of their remaining lives with a limiting physical condition and the numbers of affected individuals will increase substantially due to the growth of the population of older adults worldwide. The age-related loss of muscle mass, strength, and function is associated with an increased risk of physical disabilities, falls, loss of independence, metabolic disorders, and mortality. The development of function-promoting therapies to prevent and treat age-related skeletal muscle functional limitations is a pressing public health problem.

Methods

On March 20-22, 2022, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) held a workshop entitled "Development of Function-Promoting Therapies: Public Health Need, Molecular Targets,

SUBMITTER: Correa-de-Araujo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10148729 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature