Follistatin

By Todd Lee M.D.

Follistatin is a protein found in all tissues of the body. It is being researched for its ability to bind to Myostatin and inhibit Myostatin binding to the Activin 2B receptor.  As you may know, Myostatin causes muscle cells to stop replicating and stop growing.  Developing a drug to inhibit the function of myostatin would be a phenomenal breakthrough in bodybuilding.  However generalized release of follistatin would influence all types of systems in the body.  FS-344 was found to be a follistatin specific to muscle.  This binds to myostatin and inhibits its binding and thus inhibits the inhibitor.  Making Follistatin an indirect muscle growth agent.  

The Lab data on mice are astounding. with as much as 300% increase in muscle mass and the reputed effect of only one gene altering shot will give you a lifetime of increased muscle growth and permanent strength gains.  A cold virus is used to vector the reverse transcription of the follistatin 344 gene amplifier to a host, and their genes are permanently altered.  

Reports on forums indicate the results in anecdotal self reported human trials are less than stellar. Mice seem to respond to Follistatin better than humans do.  The gains humans are making seem to indicate the Follistatin on the black market is not the real deal, or at least diluted to the point of not being functional.  

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