Scientists
may soon find the secret behind the athletic prowess of Jamaican sprinter Usain
Bolt, the fastest man on Earth, thanks to a new tool that allows them to
analyse muscle proteins and observe the molecules at work in unprecedented
details. Researchers from Germany’s Max Planck Institute of Molecular
Physiology have further developed cryo-electron microscopy, a technique that
can be used to explain the cause of muscle diseases and identify features that
make the musculature of top athletes so efficient. A tissue sample from
world-record-holder Bolt could enable researchers to discover why some people
can run so much faster than others.
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