- Liittynyt
- 17.4.2002
- Viestejä
- 212
Mutation Found in 'Muscle Man' Toddler
By LINDA A. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
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.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040624/ap_on_he_me/mighty_muscle_gene
By LINDA A. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
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.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040624/ap_on_he_me/mighty_muscle_gene
