Blocking Myostatin Increases Muscle Mass (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Blocking Myostatin Increases Muscle Mass

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Mice without the gene for myostatin (right) have nearly twice as much muscle mass as normal mice (left).

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Se-Jin Lee Lab

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