“A blessing and a curse” is how Harry Aikines-Aryeetey describes the genetic quirk that means his body carries more muscle ...

Figure 1: High levels of myostatin in synovial tissues of arthritic individuals and mice. These findings prompted us to hypothesize that myostatin is involved in inflammatory bone destruction and ...

Aryeetey has opened up about the rare condition which makes him “too powerful” – but could put him at risk of more injuries.

Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have solved a key part of a muscle regeneration mystery plaguing scientists for years, adding strong support to the theory that muscle mass can be built ...

Lowered levels of myostatin result in less fat and more muscle in humans and other mammals. Complete removal of myostatin via genetic engineering or rare natural mutation has resulted in very heavily ...

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Myostatin has been indirectly linked with bone turnover through its influence on muscle, but new evidence highlights a direct role for this transforming growth factor-β family member in inflammatory ...

The function of myostatin appears to be conserved across species, since mutations in the myostatin gene have been shown to be responsible for the “double-muscling” phenotype in cattle. 10–13 The ...

Mighty Mouse was not just a cartoon. Ten years ago, scientists demonstrated that they could increase an animal's muscle mass by manipulating a protein in mice called myostatin. Now drugs that affect ...

As an infant, the Man Of Steel escaped Krypton's red sun in a rocket lovingly prepared for him by his parents. Kal-L (but more commonly known as Kal-El) arrived under our yellow sun in Smallville to ...