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QJM 2004 97(11):769-770; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hch124
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QJM vol. 97 no. 11 © Association of Physicians 2004; all rights reserved.

Biologic

Bones, muscle, medals and privacy

Colin Berry

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This column has often dealt in developmental matters, mainly since it becomes clear, in the authors view, that much of our susceptibility to degenerative disease depends on how we are put together initially. But it is not only degeneration; a natural myostatin-inhibiting mutation has produced a European weightlifting champion, as well as the Belgian Blue cattle and a family of ‘long-distance’ champions—the Mantyrantas, with a double Olympic cross-country skiing gold medallist in their number, have a mutation that results in an increased response to normal production of erythropoietin. More recently, as techniques and information handling get better, it . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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