Professor Tom Kirkwood, Director of the Institute of Ageing and Health (IAH), Newcastle University, has been appointed CBE for services to Medical Science in the New Year Honours list.
Skeletal muscle is the largest organ system within the human body, comprising 40% of total weight and 50% of total protein. Typically its primary function as motor for daily-life is well characterised, however, recent studies have identified an alternate role in immunity.
