Using Blood to Combat Age-related Muscle Loss

Article title: The effect of young and old ex vivo human serum on cellular protein synthesis and growth in an in vitro model of ageing

Authors: Sophie L. Allen, Ryan N. Marshall, Sophie J. Edwards, Janet M. Lord, Gareth G. Lavery, Leigh Breen

From the authors: “This study indicates that ex vivo human serum can be successfully utilized to create an in vitro model to study potential mechanisms of and countermeasures to age-related muscle loss, providing a more physiologically relevant model than current pharmacological treatments.”