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A decade after the Human Genome Project, which provided new insights into genes and novel tools to explore them, biotechnology companies are using that knowledge to develop cutting-edge therapies and technologies.

Is it your parents fault your fat or is there other contributing factors… With age comes a schedule that tends to slow down your day to day activities and in turn can and will contribute to weight gain and early aging. This is where your genes come in as no matter what you do you still have hereditary parts of you that have some control over your body and those genes may be part of what’s causing you to get that jelly belly more than anywhere else. You can fight the masses and losing bell

Like many guys out there I was born with the skinny gene. Unlike many of my friends it seemed like is just stopped growing halfway through puberty and although my dad is quite a big guy my moms skinny genes crept in somewhere. If you are a skinny guy, building muscle can be a real challenge. Gaining weight and sculpting your body can be a real tough challenge, but this does not mean it can’t be done. In fact, many of the top bodybuilding champs started off with a less than ideal body shape.

Book: Genes, Bytes and Emissions: To Whom Does the World Belong? Ed. by Silke Helfrich. Heinrich Boll Foundation, 2009 “The book was edited by Silke Helfrich and published by the Heinrich Boell Foundation; Helfrich is the former director of the Foundation’s Mexico City office, which hosted a major conference, Citizenship and Commons, in December 2006. The collection, whose title in English is To Whom Does the World Belong? offers a thoughtful and provocative array of viewpoints on the commons

It is clear that certain traits are handed down to us by our parents and unfortunately our ablility to grow muscles beyond certain limits is no exception. That doesn’t mean to say hard work and carefully planned training won’t have a positive effect on your physique - it just means that some people will inherit a greater abundance of the favored physical characteristics than others. Not everyone possesses the physical traits to become a champion, but you can work wonders with the raw material yo