Better muscles thanks to a genetic knock-out

Johan Auwerx, head of the Laboratory of integrative systems physiology at EPFL, and his team managed to improve the muscle constitution of mice by knocking out genetically a "co-repressor" of the DNA transcription process. These animals became real marathoners!

[Zendo-vk]

I bet there is a evolutionary reason for having muscle inhibitors. Would be interesting to see the long term effects of this treatment on people without muscle dystrophy.

[thKyuubi]

Yeah the evolutionary reason for muscle inhibitors is that it would take a shit load of protien to upkeep that muscle mass