The potential medicine is designed to inhibit the protein myostatin, which limits muscle growth.

该蛋白药物设计抑制限制肌肉生长的筒箭毒碱蛋白。

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One of the most promising ways of increasing strength is by blocking a protein called myostatin that slows down muscle growth.

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There have been drugs that previously showed promise in muscular dystrophy but failed: namely, MYO-029, a blocker of a protein called myostatin, was developed by Wyeth but then quietly discontinued after it failed to have a benefit.

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