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Posts: 336 · Modder Joined: 16 May 2004 Posts: 336

sorta anyway... the first ever "mutant" is discovered in germany. its a 5 yr old kid who was born with a mutated gene. it prevents his body from producing myostatin, the protein that prohibits muscle growth. he has 2x the muscle, and 1/2 the fat of the average kid his age. he can hold 7# weights out with his arms extended sideways.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/06/24/muscle.gene.ap/index.html

Posts: 3258 · Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:33 am Post subject:

I love it, it sounds awesome =P
A beastly strong kid... and all due to a gene mutation...
i love it..

Posts: 2723 · Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 9:17 am Post subject:

Woah, that's crazy. Just wait till medical researchers figure out how to mutate that gene manually... Rolling Eyes

We could see some really crazy stuff goin on.

Posts: 1736 · Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 5:42 pm Post subject:

geez what a world we live in

who knows what can happen next?

Posts: 134 · Sub-Modder Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 134

:10bux: says he's dead before puberty. all of our genetics are the same for a reason, we're all alive. Usually the freaks of the animal kingdom,the ones that start to deviate from normal genetic profiles die early, mainly because the genetics are there for reason of protecting us, such this gene that limits muscle growth, there are many numerous problems that can arise from unregulated muscle growth, such as metabolism problems and even heart disease and many othere diseases that we don't usually think of first when you think of children.

but eh, gene therapy is still one of those things that can either revolutionalize the quality of human life or destroy it. we'll see in due time.

Posts: 3258 · Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 2:49 am Post subject:

I disagree, i think its very possible for a mutation to occur. Its the whole idea of evolution. If this kid lives a full and healthy life, theres a chance his kids will have beastly strength. Just the evolutionary process...

Posts: 336 · Modder Joined: 16 May 2004 Posts: 336

if ya read the WHOLE article, it does talk about him potentially having health problems, especially heart problems. but hey

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Posts: 3258 · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 2:16 am Post subject:

yup
eventually our hearts will just have to be stronger. Also, the heart is a muscle. Whats to say it doesn't grow 2x as strong as normal?
Quite possible..

Posts: 1736 · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:03 pm Post subject:

whoa that would be good

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Posts: 764 · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 8:53 pm Post subject:

not really people in the dark ages were shooooooort

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Posts: 1736 · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 10:56 pm Post subject:

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Posts: 1736 · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:01 pm Post subject:

wait...
i goofed Embarassed

nguy is right i mistakenly thought Watchman was talking about age but he wasnt