Baby Muslce Man?

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  1. nkwu

    nkwu JBB shoehead

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    Damn!

    <div class="quote_poster">Quoting AP:</div><div class="quote_post">

    Somewhere in Germany is a baby Superman, born in Berlin with bulging arm and leg muscles. 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. DNA testing showed why: The boy has a genetic mutation that boosts muscle growth.


    The discovery, reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine (news - web sites), represents the first documented human case of such a mutation.

    Many scientists believe the find could eventually lead to drugs for treating people with muscular dystrophy and other muscle-destroying conditions. And athletes would almost surely want to get their hands on such a drug and use it like steroids to bulk up.

    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 </div>
    Here's where: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=...ene_5&printer=1
     
  2. Streetball2k5

    Streetball2k5 JBB JustBBall Member

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    Awesome! A genetic freak! All the ladies will be after him when he's older.!!
     
  3. Mr.Fundamentals

    Mr.Fundamentals JBB JustBBall Member

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    I don't know. I see another 5"0" person at hand.
     

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