Gene Therapy creates super rats!
Posted by KiranLightpaw on Thu 19 Feb 2004 - 14:09
The Boston Globe is carrying an AP story about an experiment where rats, injected with a special virus that goes to muscle tissue and causes a rapid growth of muscle cells. No word on when we'll see a giant rat destroying Tokyo, though.
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I wonder if something similar to this technique could be adapted to help counteract or prevent the long-term muscle wasting of extended micro-gravity exposure. As during a mission to Mars, for example, or a long term stay on a space station.
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