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Elderly people could stay stronger for longer after key to muscle waste discovered

Elderly people could stay stronger for longer after scientists discovered why muscles fail to repair themselves, and waste away with age.

A team at Nottingham Trent University analysed the genes inside muscle cells to find out how their performance differed between people in their 20s, compared to those in their 60s.

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Want to live longer? Lift weights:

Want to live longer? Lift weights: People with weaker muscles are 50 percent more likely to die early, study suggests.

  • As the American population ages, rates of disability climb 
  • Disability and a loss of independence detract from both quality and length of life 
  • A new study found that nearly half of Americans have poor grip strength
  • Poor grip strength is a trusted measure of overall strength as well as longevity 
  • The University of Michigan researchers found that weak muscles – regardless of muscle mass – were linked to a 50 percent higher risk of early death 

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