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An experimental drug known as MK-677 that stimulates growth hormone secretion in the body can boost muscle mass in older adults, perhaps combating "frailty," researchers report.

The brains behind the UK's first i-House have accessed more than £1.5million of government investment and industry backing to create a fast track for assisted living products, in a bid to improve the lives of more than 17.5 million people living with long-term conditions in the UK today.

1. Stimulating Growth Hormone Increases Muscle Mass in Elderly Healthy Adults As people age, the decline of growth hormone secretion in the body may play a role in the development of frailty, the debilitating loss of fat and muscle tissue. Researchers sought to determine if stimulating growth hormone release in healthy older adults could alter body composition.

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