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Updated September 12, 2008
Welcome to the Adult Skeletal Muscle Symposium:
Clinical Problems, Molecular Targets
Lexington, Kentucky: October 30-31, 2008
This symposium was organized with the following goal: To increase interactions and discussions on the topic of
adult skeletal muscle research and its role in health and disease. Skeletal muscle is an organ system
that contributes significantly to disease prevention, mortality and quality of life. However, unlike
other tissues like heart or bone, there are very few disease markers or clinical diagnostic tests
available to set guidelines for health or disease. We view this symposium as a step toward defining the
critical gaps in knowledge across the basic, applied and clinical fields of skeletal muscle biology.
Toward that end, we look forward to the discussions and hope they provide insight for new lines of
research. In addition, we would like to see this symposium, under a general heading such as adult
skeletal muscle health, become a regularly occurring event.
Organizers:
Dr. Karyn Esser, University of Kentucky
Dr. Susan Kandarian, Boston University
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