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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke[/i] [br]http://news.google.com/news?num=30&hl=en&edition=us&q=cluster:www%2enewscientist%2ecom%2fnews%2fnews%2ejsp%3fid%3dns99996065  He's not quite Superman, but a genetic mutation has given a Berlin five-year-old muscles twice the size of other kids his age and about half the body fat.   He doesn't look like The Incredible Hulk or a pumped up Arnold Schwarzenegger, but a Berlin tyke can perform unusual feats of strength for his tender years, such as lifting three kilo (6.6 lb.) weights, according to Dr. Markus Schülke, a child neurologist who has been studying the boy since his birth.   "He's a normal boy - you don't see it, you wouldn't recognize him" out of a crowd, Schülke said. "He can just lift heavy things."   The boy, whose name is being kept private, was brought to Berlin's Charité hospital shortly after his birth because of muscle twitching. But Schülke found nothing abnormal, although he did notice the child was particularly muscular.   Turns out, the Superboy has a genetic mutation that blocks the production of a protein that limits muscle growth. It's the first known case of a human having such a mutation.   Schükle has published his findings in the New England Journal of Medicine, saying the discovery might aid in the fight against muscle-wasting diseases such as muscular dystrophy.   Although the buffed baby can thank a mutation for much of his added strength, muscularity seems to run in the boy's family. His mother is a former sprinter; her brother and other relatives are also very strong. ------------------------------------- [img]http://www.reptibid.com/auction-images/grab3.gif[/img] http://www.geocities.com/j_vaughn/bigfoot.html Have you looked into the eye's of a RankStranger? If you have you will never forget that moment! http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/  [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.