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The Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) was pleased to sponsor the workshop titled “Development of Function Promoting Therapies: Public Health Need, Molecular Targets, and Drug Development” on March 20–22, 2022.
Recognizing the public health importance of the development and implementation of effective interventions to overcome or delay age-related muscle dysfunction and functional limitations, this two and a half-day state-of-the-art workshop assembled leading academic investigators, and members of the government and industry to discuss the current status of such interventions, with a major intent of:
- Facilitating the identification of biological targets for therapeutic development
- Optimizing the design and expeditious implementation of clinical trials of function promoting therapies
- Advancing research in this area by stimulating cross-disciplinary scientific discussion, networking, and collaboration
Read the workshop report titled Public Health Need, Molecular Targets, and Opportunities for the Accelerated Development of Function-Promoting Therapies: Proceedings of a National Institute on Aging Workshop . You can also explore additional articles generated by this workshop in a special issue of The Journals of Gerontology, NIA Workshop: Function-Promoting Therapies .