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Exercise Pill Is Possible
AP via Wired.com ^
| 4-11-2002
Posted on 04/11/2002 10:00:01 AM PDT by Cagey
Edited on 06/29/2004 7:09:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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That ultimate fantasy of the couch potato may become a reality some day, according to researchers who have found the chemical pathways that muscle cells use to build strength and endurance.
With this basic knowledge in hand, it now may be possible to develop a pill that pumps up muscle cells without all that exercise, said Dr. R. Sanders Williams, dean of the Duke University School of Medicine and senior author of a study appearing Friday in the journal Science.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: excercise; pill
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posted on
04/11/2002 10:00:01 AM PDT
by
Cagey
To: Cagey
Why don't we just skip to the end and all become Simpsonesque heads-in-a-jar? We can drive the Segways with cranial implants.
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posted on
04/11/2002 10:04:00 AM PDT
by
Pete
To: Cagey
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Take a pill and win the Mr. Olympia contest!
The winner will be the man who takes the most pills. :-p
To: Cagey
They already got them pills, just ask Mark McGwire. They're called steroids!
To: Cagey
I think I wont go to the gym today. I can wait a few years.
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posted on
04/11/2002 10:21:13 AM PDT
by
Blackyce
To: Revolting cat!
Leave Mark McGwire alone!!
I would be an eager buyer of this pill, without question.
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posted on
04/11/2002 10:22:25 AM PDT
by
Bagehot
To: LibWhacker
Take a pill and win the Mr. Olympia contest! The winner will be the man who takes the most pills. :-p
Funny, funny, funny. Just thnk how much fun it will be watching the Women's Olympic events when they all look like those East German weightlifters.
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posted on
04/11/2002 10:36:38 AM PDT
by
balrog666
To: Cagey
Memo to self... Get cracking on synthesis...
To: Cagey
I am very opposed to taking pills.....
Might I suggest adding this ingredient to beer & chips?
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posted on
04/11/2002 10:41:17 AM PDT
by
WhiteGuy
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