working out.Almost 150 genes which boost muscle were identified and isolated.This was done by getting participants to exercise only one leg.The experiment hopes to develop medication which can help to combat frailty in the elderly.Professor Stuart Phillips, who supervised the project, said: "Building and retaining muscle is critical to overall health and quality of life."If we can target those genes with lifestyle and drug therapies, we may be able to help seniors and others vulnerable to muscle loss."The key to this seems to lie in a set of 141 different genes which regulate muscle growth.Muscles control power and movement.The study looked at young, healthy men who used weight training to build muscle in only one leg.For eight weeks, the.
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