A Very Muscular Baby Offers Hope Against Diseases

Gene Doping
Written By Andy Miah

A Very Muscular Baby Offers Hope Against Diseases (2004, Jun 24) New York Times by Gina Kolata [link]

This article relates to Markus Schuelke's research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. It details a study of a young boy who had extraordinarly large muscles, due to a myostatin abnormality. It demonstrates that myostatin functions similar to how it works in animals. The 'mighty mice' of other studies look to be replicated here in humans.

Andy Miah

Chair in Science Communication & Future Media, University of Salford, Manchester.

http://www.andymiah.net
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