{"id":2535,"date":"2004-08-25T19:28:41","date_gmt":"2004-08-25T23:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2004\/08\/25\/no-bull-on-genetic-modification\/"},"modified":"2004-08-25T19:28:41","modified_gmt":"2004-08-25T23:28:41","slug":"no-bull-on-genetic-modification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2004\/08\/25\/no-bull-on-genetic-modification\/","title":{"rendered":"No Bull on Genetic Modification"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n

Truth
\n eventually eclipses fiction, even legendary folk tales like the stories
\n of Babe, Paul Bunyons giant blue ox……<\/em><\/p>\n

For a glimpse of what post-human athletes may look like
\n beginning in the 2012 or 2016 Olympics, take a look at an obscure breed
\n of cattle called the Belgian Blue.<\/p>\n

Belgian Blues are unlike any cows you’ve ever seen. They have a genetic
\n mutation that means they do not have effective myostatin, a substance
\n that curbs muscle growth. A result is that Belgian Blues are all bulging
\n muscles without a spot of fat, like bovine caricatures of Arnold Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n

from Nickolas Kristof in the New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n

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