{"id":118469,"date":"2021-01-13T12:22:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T20:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/researchers-identify-promising-model-for-studying-human-aging"},"modified":"2021-01-13T12:22:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T20:22:17","slug":"researchers-identify-promising-model-for-studying-human-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/researchers-identify-promising-model-for-studying-human-aging","title":{"rendered":"Researchers identify promising model for studying human aging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/researchers-identify-promising-model-for-studying-human-aging2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aging research fans might like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn their work, Hamiliton\u2019s team found that the Dunkin Hartley guinea pig was a good candidate for a muscle aging model due to the animal\u2019s tendency to develop osteoarthritis (OA) at a young age.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>There are many components to aging, both mental and physical. When it comes to the infrastructure of the human body\u2014the musculoskeletal system that includes muscles, bones, tendons and cartilage\u2014age-associated decline is inevitable, and the rate of that decline increases the older we get. The loss of muscle function\u2014and often muscle mass\u2014is scientifically known as sarcopenia or dynapenia.<\/p>\n<p>For adults in their 40s, sarcopenia is hardly noticeable\u2014about 3% <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/muscle+mass\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">muscle mass<\/a> is lost each decade. For those aged 65 years and older, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/muscle+decline\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">muscle decline<\/a> can become much more rapid, with an average loss of 1% muscle mass each year. More importantly, sarcopenia is also marked by a decrease in strength, impaired gait, reduced physical activity, or difficulty completing everyday tasks.<\/p>\n<p>The proportion of older adults aged 65+ is projected to more than double by the year 2060, driving research into the process of musculoskeletal decline. Researchers at Colorado State University\u2019s Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging believe they have found an <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/animal+model\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">animal model<\/a> that will help them better understand it and find ways to curtail the symptoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aging research fans might like. \u201cIn their work, Hamiliton\u2019s team found that the Dunkin Hartley guinea pig was a good candidate for a muscle aging model due to the animal\u2019s tendency to develop osteoarthritis (OA) at a young age.\u201d There are many components to aging, both mental and physical. When it comes to the infrastructure [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}