Mice on steroids
Haley Hill
https://student.societyforscience.org/article/mice-continue-to-build-muscle-after-stopping-steroid-use
We all know the negative effects of steroids because of what is reported in the news. However, new science shows that when mice are injected with steroids, they continue to build muscle despite having only been injected once. "In fact, if steroids have the same effect on people that they did in the study mice, steroid-taking athletes would have to be banned from competition for at least 10 years. The drugs’ effects may last at least that long."
Basically, once you have the nuclei in the muscle, you can't lose them. Through experiments it showed that even mice treated a while ago, versus mice who weren't even treated, the ones who were only given one injection years ago were able to build more body strength and more muscle much quicker than mice without being injected.
Because of the implications of steroids, it would be hard to test this on humans in a humane way. But it's an interesting theory.
muscle on right shows with steroids, muscle on right shows w/o
I heard that mice are a lot like humans in body structure, that explains a lot!
ReplyDeleteI think this is interesting. Its interesting to see the effects of steroids on mice paralled to that of humans.
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