Berlin Mutant Boy Extra Strong

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http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1446_A_1247023_1_A,00.html

.... 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... 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.