Anatrophic Drugs?
Jun. 24th, 2004 12:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swestrupIn a science fiction game scenario I wrote 10 years ago, I posited the existance of 'Anatrophic Drugs'. Drugs that inhibit the normal atrophy of unused muscle tissue that would be used to help astronauts overcome muscle-loss in weightless ness and which would be inevitably abused by body builders.
Well, it looks like a mutant baby born in Germany has proved that such a drug is indeed possible. The kid is only 5 but already has stronger arm muscles than most adults. So far he's perfectly healthy (albeit musclebound) but doctors worry about his long-term health. Genetic tests on the kid have disclosed the mutation causing the effect, and it seems simple to mimic with drugs.
Read the full article for more information.
Well, it looks like a mutant baby born in Germany has proved that such a drug is indeed possible. The kid is only 5 but already has stronger arm muscles than most adults. So far he's perfectly healthy (albeit musclebound) but doctors worry about his long-term health. Genetic tests on the kid have disclosed the mutation causing the effect, and it seems simple to mimic with drugs.
Read the full article for more information.
