UTA, Ohio State University win rare federal grant for research aimed at better understanding and treating muscle loss

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Millions of people suffer each day from diabetes, cancer, obesity, heart failure and many other health disorders that involve a loss of muscle or physical function that occurs naturally with aging. A $250,000 grant from the National Institute on Aging will help internationally recognized muscle physiology scientists at The University of Texas at Arlington and the Ohio State University better understand the molecular mechanisms of muscle aging that can lead to muscle loss and weakness. The researchers have discovered that in aged skeletal muscles, muscle weakness