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1. Read this article, and answer the questions below. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/08/12/210487410/new-muscle- drugs-could-be-the-next-big-thing-in-sports-doping

a. What happens to animals in which myostatin is mutated and nonfunctional?

b. What are some legitimate uses of drugs that block myostatin?

c. Why might doping with myostatin inhibitors be hard to detect?

d. How does EPO work? Why do athletes use it?

e. If a person had a natural mutation in myostatin that causes them to be more muscular, do you think that person should be allowed to compete in the Olympics?

Solution

c) If a person took a drug namely myostatin,he cannot be detected easily, because myostatin is generally a gene based drug which is hard to the present technology to detect such a gene based drug. Lack of technology in detecting Myostatin results in giving boostup to the drug addictors and sports persons.

d) EPO is a drug commonly used by athletes as it increases the RBC production which makes sprinter to run more faster than thier actual strength and stamina.

e) Yes he will be allowed in the olympics because it is natural in his body,not artificial.According to Olympic committee,the person who took myostatin artifically is not allowed to participate in the olympics and it is considered as a criminal action.