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Researchers awarded $3.3 million grant to investigate exercise, skeletal muscle mitochondrial function, and Alzheimer's disease progression

The study’s findings might lead to ways of helping people with Alzheimer's disease by understanding indicators of the disease before cognitive decline that could lead to an improvement in quality of life.

Grant and Award Announcement

Virginia Tech

Joshua Drake

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Joshua Drake researches how skeletal muscle bioenergetics may be a sentinel for Alzheimer’s disease. Photo courtesy of Joshua Drake.

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Credit: Virginia Tech


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