Robust by Mutation?

[Firstjois]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/06/24/muscle.gene.ap/index.html

CNN article entitled: Gene mutation makes tot super strong

"Not yet 5, he can hold seven-pound weights with arms
extended, something many adults cannot do. He has muscles
twice the size of other kids his age and half their body fat."

Also: "The boy's mutant DNA segment was found to block
production of a protein called myostatin that limits muscle
growth. The news comes seven years after researchers at Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore created buff "mighty mice" by
"turning off" the gene that directs cells to produce
myostatin."

Interesting?

Jois

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[Joe]

firstjois wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/06/24/muscle.gene.ap/in-
> dex.html
>
> CNN article entitled: Gene mutation makes tot super strong
>
> "Not yet 5, he can hold seven-pound weights with arms
> extended, something many adults cannot do. He has
> muscles twice the size of other kids his age and half
> their body fat."
>
> Also: "The boy's mutant DNA segment was found to block
> production of a protein called myostatin that limits muscle
> growth. The news comes seven years after researchers at
> Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore created buff "mighty
> mice" by "turning off" the gene that directs cells to
> produce myostatin."
>
> Interesting?
>
> Jois
>
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ID=000E7ACE-5686-10CF-94EB83414B7F0000 Gene Doping

Joe