Ageing muscle 'given new vigour'

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Scientists have found a way to give old, tired muscles a new lease of life. They tweaked biochemical signals in mice to boost the ability of the animal's stem cells to repair damaged tissue, restoring its youthful vigour. The breakthrough raises hopes of new treatments for age-related degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The study, by the University of California, Berkeley, is published in the journal Nature. We are one step closer to having a point of intervention where we can rejuvenate the body's own stem cells so we don't have to suffer from some of the debilitating diseases associated with ageing Dr Morgan Carlson University of California, Berkeley