Study reveals how muscle cells deteriorate with age, hampering injury recovery

Researchers have revealed how muscle cells deteriorate with age, affecting their ability to regenerate and recover after an injury.

The findings could help to shed light on why it takes people longer to recover from muscle damage as they age.

A team at Nottingham Trent University analysed the genes inside muscle cells, and found the ‘development pathways’ – the different ways in which genes work together to regenerate muscle – become weakened in…