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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Bliss! A Couch Potato Pill – Exercise without Sweat...

A new drug may help the body’s muscles believe they’ve been exercised, giving users the benefit of exercise even when they’ve in fact done nothing. AICAR targets a protein produced when cells need more energy during exercise. After dosing with AICAR, mice were found to be able to run 1.5 times... Sign in to see full entry.

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