Comments on: Super Strength Substance (Myostatin) Closer to Human Trials

By: Stem Cells in Injured Mice Give Them Huge Muscles for Life

Stem Cells in Injured Mice Give Them Huge Muscles for Life — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:34:43 +0000

[...] (or drug cocktail) that could be injected anywhere in the skeletal-muscular system. We’ve seen similar approaches proposed with myostatin, the hormone that tells muscles to stop growing. It seems possible that the future of muscle growth [...]

By: josh314151

josh314151 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:59:38 +0000

I would be inerested in human trials when it is ready. My email is braunerj120007@gmail.com. I live in Calgary Alberta

By: Hockey’s Wayne Gretzky Pimps Hi-Tech Muscle Supplement – Is The Science Real? | Singularity Hub

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:15:23 +0000

[...] fact, we’ve already covered how early trials on monkeys at Ohio State University (in cooperation with the National Children’s Hospital) have shown evidence that you can [...]

By: Two Genes Help Explain How Tibetans Survive in High Altitude | Singularity Hub

Tue, 17 May 2011 15:24:17 +0000

[...] Other scientists are trying to find the genes that code for life-long athleticism, and the genes that promote rapid muscle growth. Taken together, this research could lead to optimizing the human body for performance by either [...]

By: Follistatin - Page 15 - Professional Muscle

Follistatin - Page 15 - Professional Muscle — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 06:58:45 +0000

[...] the leveled off but didn't go down. 60 weeks later they were still the size they were at 20 weeks. Super Strength Substance (Myostatin) Closer to Human Trials | Singularity Hub I can conclude that this means that the electric therapy was not enough after a while. Remember [...]

By: Stem Cells in Injured Mice Give Them Huge Muscles for Life | Singularity Hub

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:59:58 +0000

[...] drug cocktail) that could be injected anywhere in the skeletal-muscular system. We’ve seen similar approaches proposed with myostatin, the hormone that tells muscles to stop growing. It seems possible that the future of muscle growth [...]

By: Gene Therapy Looks To Have Cured Man With Blood Disease | Singularity Hub

Gene Therapy Looks To Have Cured Man With Blood Disease | Singularity Hub — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:26:08 +0000

[...] through the applications of gene therapies. We may be able to extend life expectancy, grant increased muscle mass, or even raise intelligence through these sorts of manipulations. While gene therapies begin with [...]

By: martin0641

martin0641 — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:24:17 +0000

The symptom bias people are displaying is amazingly short sighted. My genes are designed to allow me to store energy efficiently, and not waste calories. Everything I enjoy is a sedentary activity, I like reading and other calm pursuits. I don’t like moving, or running, or even going outside. Because of biology, over time this lifestyle tends to make some people overweight. Others with different genes can stay thin while doing the same thing. I don’t care what my genes want to do, I want my body to do what I want it to do. We use science to overcome nature, that is what it is for. When the time comes comes that I can take a pill and be in high physical condition, I will do so. The result will be significantly lower medical costs in the long run, a savings to the nation as a whole, along with greater satisfaction of life in general. People used to walk around, now we take planes and cars. Gaining mastery over our own Biology is just the next logical step in a process that began when we invented the axe and controlled fire.

I don’t get smallpox like people used to, I don’t have polio like people used to, and when the time comes I will be healthy with no major effort investment on my part. Being fit will also make me more likely to actually do physical activity when the time is proper.

I’m not going to waste my time running in circles and lifting arbitrary weights and objects just to make other people feel better. Since nothing you can do will prevent this eventuality – you might as well get used to the idea. It sure beats the barbaric methods we currently use to lose weight from exercise (joint damage and sports related injury) to liposuction and all the risks that come along with it.

By: martin0641

martin0641 — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:24:00 +0000

By: Super Strength in Monkeys using Myostatin | @ddrrnt

Super Strength in Monkeys using Myostatin | @ddrrnt — Wed, 05 May 2010 08:35:26 +0000

[...] Of course human enhancement is out of the question… Well, at least until we’ve healed everybody and finally begin to get repairable bored as a society, or if you’re the military… in that case it is imperative to give your soldiers superhuman gene therapy. What do you think? Clipped from singularityhub.com [...]

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:11:31 +0000

Bob,
My husband also has IBM, so we too are following this closely. We found out a couple of years ago after he was first told he had ALS. He is 44.

By: bigwalt

bigwalt — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:50:53 +0000

listen im over weight and ive been trying to lose weight for 2 years now ive been fat my whole life. im 23 years old and frankly i dont care that this drug may make me thin , i care that may let people walk again and use there arms , i dont want no cheap way out of being fat i want to work hard and do it my self. im not trying to put anybody down but if ur fat do something about it dont just wait for some drug to be made that will do it for u.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:27:52 +0000

As a person slowly losing the use of his legs and arms due to sIBM, I’m appalled at your lack of sensitivity and only focusing on the effects for sports figures and overweight individuals. I want to have my life back. I want to be whole again and not someone looked upon with pity. I want to dance. Got it?

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:27:00 +0000

By: calltoreason.org » Recent Interesting Science Articles (December ‘09)

calltoreason.org » Recent Interesting Science Articles (December ‘09) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:25:46 +0000

[...] the last article is about research done at the National Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University. These [...]