atrophy

Regeneron has been developing a pipeline of muscle-preservation drugs that block the body’s natural atrophy systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

"We found there was less brain atrophy and less tau accumulation, which was very exciting to see."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

Apitegromab works by blocking a protein involved in the breakdown of muscle and is also being explored as a treatment for other medical conditions affecting muscles, including spinal muscular atrophy.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

They’ve become monuments to corporate greed — zones of atrophy, boredom and total disempowerment.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

The gates popped open with a metallic screech and we slipped through the small gap rust and atrophy would allow.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Like any skill, it atrophies when we outsource the work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

NBCUniversal is cutting “Access Hollywood” and several other of its daytime talk shows, effectively ending its first run syndication business as daytime television atrophies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

"When you get machines thinking for you, your brain just atrophies."

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025

As we age, our brain gradually atrophies, losing nerve cells and connections and this can lead to a decline in brain function.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024

It gradually atrophies until the time comes when it is no longer fit to make use of the ordinary bodies of the race to which it belongs.

From Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution by Fred Rothwell

John’s left arm had atrophied, his hand now basically a claw, and two of his fingers were numb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

This misperception carries profound consequences and is currently rippling through our world, eroding trust, deepening isolation and creating a social environment in which empathy is swiftly becoming an atrophied muscle in desperate need of exercise.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Global trade boomed and the U.S. economy led the growth, even as U.S. shipbuilding atrophied and the Navy dropped from 7,000 ships at the close of World War II to around 300 today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Social skills and conversational ease have stiffened and atrophied.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2024

“Like any other appendage,” the captain tells me, “it has atrophied from lack of use.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

But the Mayor’s Fund had been atrophying for years, with its donations shrinking to a fraction of what it raised under Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

After exhausting holistic options, he saw a doctor who said one of his vocal cords was atrophying.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

"After two years, part of my brain was atrophying," one said.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024

The work the body does against gravity to stay upright and move around keeps muscles from atrophying and stimulates bone growth.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2023

Over the weeks that followed he languished in the hospital, arms curled grotesquely at his sides, muscles atrophying, his weight dropping below 80 pounds.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer