EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KineMed, Inc. and the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine’s (USARIEM) Military Nutrition Division announced today they are entering into a partnership to examine KineMed’s platform technology to assess skeletal muscle protein synthesis and muscle mass in Warfighters.
The U.S. military seeks to better understand muscle adaptive responses to operational stressors in order to identify nutritional requirements and strategies that promote musculoskeletal health and resilience. “We are honored that the U.S. Army is applying our tests of muscle mass and function to optimize support of its Warfighters,” said David Fineman, CEO & Chairman of KineMed.
This collaborative project will use KineMed’s state-of-the-art proteomic and stable isotope techniques to examine predictive responses indicative of changes in skeletal muscle protein synthesis and/or skeletal muscle mass in response to operational stressors including energy deficit, energy surplus, military training, and deployment to harsh environments and alterations in field and garrison feeding programs. “This partnership anchors our strategy to broadly expand our Muscle and Health Division,” Fineman added.
About KineMed, Inc.
KineMed is a life sciences company that has developed a platform technology with broad applications in drug development and medical diagnosis. Using its patented technology, KineMed has developed analytic biomarker tests that measure, in a single sample, the rate of change of critical biological pathways. KineMed has the unique ability to measure the production and destruction of key molecules involved in health and disease-modifying biological processes to provide meaningful, and previously unavailable, information to transform healthcare decisions. KineMed’s Muscle and Health Division is led by William Evans, Ph.D., a world leader in muscle metabolism and nutrition.
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