Gene DOping
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- Slide: 1
- Setting: A baseball field Two baseball players, Mark (muscular, confident) and Ben (average build, determined) are getting ready for a game.
- A little, but I've been training hard.
- (Holding a syringe) Feeling nervous about the big game, Ben?
- Mark: Training's good, but sometimes you gotta give yourself an edge. (Winks) Check this out.
- Slide: 2
- Setting: A baseball field Two baseball players, Mark (muscular, confident) and Ben (average build, determined) are getting ready for a game.
- Brotha what are we doin man!
- Gene Doping - Not your average pre-game ritual.
- Myosin Heavy Chain (MyoHC) gene therapy - Boosts muscle strength and power!.
- Slide: 3
- What's wrong, Mark?
- Later, in the training room. Doc Brock finds Mark wincing in pain, clutching his arm.
- My arm... it feels like it's tearing itself apart. This gene therapy stuff... they don't mention the side effects.
- You're cooked buddy MyoHC genes code for proteins responsible for muscle contraction. Gene doping in this case would aim to introduce a modified MyoHC gene that increases muscle fiber size and power.But Uncontrolled muscle growth can lead to muscle tears, tendonitis, and ligament damage.
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