Who We Are

Innovators in Muscle Health and Vision for MyoCorps

Mission Statement

At MyoCorps, we aim to redefine diagnostics of human mobility, strength and performance and improve quality of life for older adults and individuals facing muscle-related disorders.

Founders

Dr. Marc Hellerstein
Founder, MyoCorps

A pioneer in human metabolic research and world leader in new diagnostic technologies in metabolic disease, including co-invention of the MAT, with 350 scientific publications, 55 issued international patents and extensive experience in drug development.

Dr. William J. Evans
Founder, MyoCorps

A renowned expert in aging and muscle (he was the first to describe the condition, sarcopenia) and co-inventor of MAT with over 350 scientific publications.

Aspirational Vision for MyoCorps

Skeletal muscle is by far the largest tissue in the (non-obese) human body, is highly responsive to changes in physical activity, nutritional status and hormones, and plays critical roles in health and metabolic diseases.
Change in skeletal muscle is one of the most prominent features of aging and can result in weakness, loss of independence, sarcopenia and mobility disorders. Reduced strength, walking speed and muscle mass predict risk of chronic disease and mortality while aerobic fitness is a more predictive risk factor than obesity for cardiovascular disease and death. Skeletal muscle also influences insulin sensitivity, energy metabolism, bone health, cognitive outcomes and mood.
Therapeutic interventions and genetic understanding in these areas have lagged, however, in large part because there had been no accurate and easy to perform clinical test for skeletal muscle mass in people, before the MAT.

MyoCorps’ initial strategy is to gain FDA clearance for the MAT in specific medical conditions related to aging, mobilty, strength and skeletal muscle dysfunction. By using MyoCorps’ patented MAT, health care providers can identify people with low muscle mass that contributes to reduced strength and performance. The goal is to empower healthier aging through cutting-edge muscle mass diagnostics.

The first medical indication that MyoCorps is pursuing is an FDA clearance for diagnosis of patients with mobility disability (ICD 10 code R54) that is caused by low muscle mass.

Over the longer term, we envision muscle mass measured by the MAT to be a test that is routinely measured in almost everyone, much like cholesterol, blood sugar and an EKG are today. Applications of the MAT in many areas can be envisioned, ranging from growth curves in children, competitive athletics, monitoring benefit of exercise and dietary programs by gyms, trainers and nutritionists, and assessing clinical response to medical management and in drug development.