Aug 8
Finally, desk jockeys may actually have a chance…
…since it only will take a pill to convert them to a jock!
Researches at the Salk Institute have discovered two drugs that can increase endurance by tricking the muscles into thinking they have been working out.
One drug, known as Aicar, increased the mice’s endurance on a treadmill by 44 percent after just four weeks of treatment.
A second drug, GW1516, supercharged the mice to a 75 percent increase in endurance, but had to be combined with exercise to have any effect.
“It’s a little bit like a free lunch without the calories,” said Dr. Ronald M. Evans, leader of the Salk group.
The results, Dr. Evans said, seem reasonably likely to apply to people, who control muscle tone with the same underlying genes as do mice. And if the drugs work and prove to be safe, they could be useful in a wide range of settings.
So now, all of those MMO players or avid console players can get their workout by clicking the mouse instead of going to some gym and dealing with the sweaty muscleheads! I’m there!
Retrieved from -Gizmodo-
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