Mimicking the Massively Muscular
source: http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/19589/?nlid=610
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- Mr_Costello
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New drugs that mimic mutations found in buff animals could treat muscle-wasting diseases. Scattered throughout the mammalian menagerie are a few supermuscular freaks: double-muscled cows more ripped than any bodybuilder; racing dogs too burly to run; sheep praised for their massively muscled buttocks; and even one small German boy, born in 2000 with muscles twice the size of those of a normal newborn. All these Herculean creatures share one thing: naturally occurring mutations in a gene that produces myostatin, a protein that blocks growth of skeletal muscle. Disable that gene, and viola--spectacular muscle growth results.
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RAAllen0421
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I think you're right - it'd have to be a highly controlled substance, and just another drug to test for in baseball... I imagine this becoming a big issue in 20 years or so if it does hit the public market. But looking at that dog, and seeing bodybuilders on TV, it all just seems to grotesque. You guys do realize that most women would find that highly unattractive, right?
- 4 years ago
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RAAllen0421
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Vierotchka
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Is that Arnold Schwarzenegger's dog?
- 4 years ago
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Vierotchka
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abbym0308
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That is great news on one hand. But what about when these drugs get into the hands of people who abuse them (as we know most drugs eventually do). What risks will it have for those who make it their job to build muscle, to the point of being unhealthy?
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abbym0308
