Sentences with phrase «create myostatin»

The final group, the obese mice with an inability to create myostatin remained fat, but they also exhibited perks of their new ability — they were much stronger than their counterparts and their heart and metabolic health had improved.

People and animals who have great aesthetics lack GDF - 8, which has the role of creating myostatin.

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Myostatin has long been recognised as the body's major negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass, helping to maintain muscle homeostasis in the body, but creating molecules to target all three related proteins together was a novel approach.

Of course, there is a lot more research needed for this to be anywhere close to relevant to our normal daily lives, but this experiment proves that it is indeed possible to create a quick drug that would block our myostatin production and allow us to mimic the effects of exercise on our bodies, even when we're not moving off the couch.

Theoretically, if you could inhibit myostatin's effects on the body, you could create the ability to gain insane amounts of muscle beyond what could be accomplished with hard work or even steroids.