Acceleron Pharma's ACE-031 Increases Muscle Mass and Strength in Preclinical Studies

LUCCA, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acceleron Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of musculoskeletal, metabolic and cancer-related diseases, today announced results of a preclinical study with ACE-031 that demonstrated the ability of the compound to increase muscle mass and strength in normal mice and in murine models of muscular dystrophy. ACE-031 inhibits negative regulators of muscle to increase muscle mass and strength as a potential treatment for neuromuscular diseases and cancer-related muscle loss. The data was presented on Sunday, May 13 at the Gordon Research Conference on Myogenesis in Lucca, Italy.