IGF1 - Using a virus as a genetic vehicle

[Duke of Earl]

Sounds pretty interesting, I just wonder how controllable it is - seeing as viruses are quite often hard to treat........

[supersteve]

they are talking about igf-1 though not lr3 right?

[Seattle Junk]

they are talking about igf-1 though not lr3 right?

If I understand right, IGF1 keeps being reproduced in the rat muscles with this virus. So IGF1 is actually being produced in these rats by the presence of this target virus in the muscle tissue, so there is no IGF1 circulating in the blood. Pretty cool shit actually. LR3 increases the half life to 10 hrs from 30 mins. Doesn't matter, as long as it keeps coming out for free with that IGF1 producing virus.

[TheNextBigThing]

so there is no IGF1 circulating in the blood..

So this would mean that there would be no way to test for this type of IGF?

[Seattle Junk]

Sounds pretty interesting, I just wonder how controllable it is - seeing as viruses are quite often hard to treat........

Exactly, it seems impossible to control. I saw something on TV about IGF1 and they showed some mice running around. Then they showed some fat mice laying around. They said they shot the IGF1 into the same mice and they were before and after pics.