Wachten op de bionische atleet

[400mman]

Wachten op de bionische atleet (The Observer February 4, 2007)

Lee Sweeney, de man die onderzoekt hoe je synthetische genen voor IGF-1 spiercellen in kunt loodsen, vertelt over sporters en trainers die hem continu lastigvallen. Misschien bij jullie ook wel bekend van het muizen onderzoek http://members.tripod.com/slugger_gr...dentmuscle.jpg

"The sprinter simply wanted to know if Sweeney could do the same for him. No, said Sweeney. The techniques used to create his Schwarzenegger mice would not yet work on humans. Our complex immune systems would block his genetically engineered viruses and prevent them from getting into our cells with their IGF-1 cargo. Many more tests and trials would be needed.

"I thought I had explained it very carefully and made it clear how far away we were from carrying out gene therapy like this on people," Sweeney told. "But the guy wasn't having any of it. After I had finished he said that was fine, but could I please use him as his first human guinea pig and start experimenting on him as soon as possible, please?"

At that point, Sweeney hung up. Later that day there was a similar call from another athlete and the next day brought several more. By the end of the week, Sweeney had received dozens.

"I was besieged," he says. Then coaches began ringing and what they wanted disturbed Sweeney even more. "I took a call from one coach of an American college football team. He wanted me to inject every one of his players with the IGF-1 gene. To be fair, he did back down when I pointed out the techniques had not been tested on humans. Not every coach was that enlightened, however. Some would have quite happily tried out untested genetic enhancement techniques on all their players on the off-chance that might give them an edge over opponents." In the end, Sweeney stopped taking calls from sportsmen."

Sweeney vermoedt trouwens dat louche onderzoekers, ergens in een ondergronds lab, al lang en breed aan het experimenteren zijn met gendoping.

"One idea would be to turn off a person's immune system so it can no longer fight off the viruses that bring in the new genes. Needless to say, that is a very risky thing to attempt. But risk doesn't seem to worry sports stars. They just want an edge - at all costs."

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Gare foto, ik had er pas nog een documentaire over gezien. De muis was behoorlijk buff vergeleken met een normaal muisje, ik ben bang dat ook de ondergang kan zijn van de mensheid, ik bedoel wat zou er gebeuren als je een leger vol gaan spuiten met dat spul?

[400mman]

Ja bizar gewoon, helemaal dat er trainers zijn die hun team ff vol willen spuiten.

[inVorm]

Ik denk dat er eerst een bionische soldaat komt

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Origineel gepost door inVorm

Ik denk dat er eerst een bionische soldaat komt

Terminator 4 komt volgend jaar uit btw

[Leeman]

het zou wel aan mij liggen, maar waar zie je een foto dan? die link zie ik twee vage plaatjes nl.