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I don't think we'll quite get the full effect of your writings. I prefer you call me
so I can hear your southern accent as you spew knowledge forth!
lol
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Note: All of my advice and posts are merely for educational purposes I do not condone the use of steroids or any other illegal drugs. I am no doctor and my advice should be taken with a grain of salt, just like everyone else's hypothetical advice.
"Better Things for Better Living...Through Chemistry." -DuPont
"...Indeed, there comes a time in every little slugger’s life when he's faced with the difficult decision of whether to shoot a needle into his butt and turn himself into the Incredible Hulk...or to take the higher road and pursue a career as a coal miner, but at least be able to have a few children before dying of black lung disease."
Thats a pretty complicated question. Mutations of any sort shouldnt be viewed as controllable or uncontrolable, instead they should be looked at as a evolutionary positive or negative. What type of alteration are you talking about with myostatin? Activation/Deactivation or a type of mutation (i.e. frameshift, point, trasnposition, ect...) The early knock-out experiments where the gene was removed or mutated in mice, made a big impact on the community. The problem is that in humans, the results are not juxtaposed. There are too many variables regulating muscle growth besides autocrine growth factors.
In short, mutations can be very controlable if the results are known. Almost all of biotechnology revolves around mutations. Our body even produces mutations within its own workings (1 out of every 10,000,000,000 replications). The question to ask is, if I mutate this gene and it causes a problem, should I propragate my genes to better pave the evolutionary road that lay beyond me?
"Better Things for Better Living...Through Chemistry." -DuPont
"...Indeed, there comes a time in every little slugger’s life when he's faced with the difficult decision of whether to shoot a needle into his butt and turn himself into the Incredible Hulk...or to take the higher road and pursue a career as a coal miner, but at least be able to have a few children before dying of black lung disease."
Thats a pretty complicated question. Mutations of any sort shouldnt be viewed as controllable or uncontrolable, instead they should be looked at as a evolutionary positive or negative. What type of alteration are you talking about with myostatin? Activation/Deactivation or a type of mutation (i.e. frameshift, point, trasnposition, ect...) The early knock-out experiments where the gene was removed or mutated in mice, made a big impact on the community. The problem is that in humans, the results are not juxtaposed. There are too many variables regulating muscle growth besides autocrine growth factors.
In short, mutations can be very controlable if the results are known. Almost all of biotechnology revolves around mutations. Our body even produces mutations within its own workings (1 out of every 10,000,000,000 replications). The question to ask is, if I mutate this gene and it causes a problem, should I propragate my genes to better pave the evolutionary road that lay beyond me?
I was referring to deactivation. I am familar with the lab rat experiments and that's not what appeals to me. The deactivation of the gene would increase lean muscle mass, correct? Or would it be more beneficial to mutate it to achieve this result?
Your final question is a good one. It gives me something to think about. I'm not vain enough to under go any possible life threatening changes.
I used to have superhuman powers....until my therapist took them away.
Right now geneticist are like kids trying to put together a lego house with boxing gloves on. The technology has not refined itself enough yet for the precision of what your talking about. To have every gene in every cell mutated like that would be such a large overtaking that the only way to possably do it, would be to modify the gene when you where just one cell. With the mice, it took a few generations to get completely transgeneic breeds.
What would be the most benifical is a transient expression of mysostatin. What you would have to do is find a way to activate/deactivate by chemical promoters. This in theory is very possable but like I said, in humans myostatin works much differently with muscle mass then in the mice experiments and even than in the cattle crossbreeds.
Its a crazy thought though. Its whats called mad science.
"Better Things for Better Living...Through Chemistry." -DuPont
"...Indeed, there comes a time in every little slugger’s life when he's faced with the difficult decision of whether to shoot a needle into his butt and turn himself into the Incredible Hulk...or to take the higher road and pursue a career as a coal miner, but at least be able to have a few children before dying of black lung disease."
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