To main­tain mus­cle strength with age, cells must get rid of gar­bage that slowly ac­cu­mu­lates in them, just as a house­hold does, ac­cord­ing to a new stu­dy.

The cel­lu­lar junk in­cludes tox­ic clumps of mal­formed pro­teins, pathogens and spent or­ganelles, which are cel­lu­lar com­part­ments used for spe­cif­ic func­tions.

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