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Re:Synthetic tissue can repair hearts, muscles, and vocal cords by BadCookie on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @10:27PM (#29400326)
People lose muscle mass as they age as well. That is why the risk of falling (and not being able to get up) is high among the elderly.
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Re:Synthetic tissue can repair hearts, muscles, and vocal cords by Teever on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @01:21AM (#29401240)
One of the major reasons that people lose muscle mass as they age is due to arthritis making it difficult to exercise. If there was a treatment for cartilage wear then elderly people could more easily stave off muscle loss by working out more.
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Re:Synthetic tissue can repair hearts, muscles, and vocal cords by xwdv on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @11:54PM (#29400822)
Yes but this is mostly treatable by simply continuing to exercise and perhaps supplementing with creatine as you get older. There is no real way to prevent cartilage wearing down.
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