Have you ever felt like you've hit a plateau at the gym? What if I told you there’s a biological handbrake in your cells that’s actively stopping your muscles from growing? In this episode, we're diving into the science of myostatin, the protein that puts a ceiling on your muscle potential, and how new drugs in development could change medicine and fitness forever.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:44 - What Is Myostatin?
01:51 - How Myostatin Limites Muscle Growth
03:41 - The Origins of Myostatin Interest
05:37 - Myostatin and Weight Loss
07:07 - Regeneron’s Recent Study
08:37 - COURAGE Trial
10:39 - Myostatin and Sarcopenia
12:14 - Myostatin and Muscular Dystrophy
13:02 - Myostatin and Spinal Muscular Atrophy
14:14 - Eli Lilly’s Drug
15:24 - Myostatin for sports
17:35 - Safety Considerations
19:29 - Key Takeaways
21:10 - Outro

SELECTED REFERENCES:
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circresaha.116.308391
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1707925114
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6909929/

https://jamanetwork-com.usu01.idm.oclc.org/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2774903
https://newsroom.regeneron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/interim-results-ongoing-phase-2-courage-trial-confirm-potential

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