Interregional research project GYM. (GYM)

Maintaining muscle mass and muscle strength are essential to a healthy life. Unfortunately, diseases and ageing cause excessive loss of muscle mass. Until now, no methods are available to treat muscle breakdown.

However, recent discoveries have shown that muscle stem cells can induce the production of healthy muscle fibres.

Generate Your Muscle will test such a muscle stem cell therapy. Specifically, it will address the therapy’s safety and effectiveness for patients with muscle disorders.

Ultimately, the project wants to scale up muscle stem cell production in a new spin-off company. This should make the therapy affordable and broadly available.