(Or...Give me a piece of cheeeze, pleeeze....)
The January issue of Outside mag is out with a filler titled The Daredevil Gene. A Seattle-based research group has identified a gene, neuroD2, deemed responsible for "fear response," the tendency to chicken out when the prospect of being killed might be your concern. Experiments with mice engineered with only one neuroD2, revealed they showed less aversion to impending danger than if they posses
sed two of these, the normal number.Human studies follow. "...different people could have different concentrations of the proteins the genes produce. Higher levels might lead to safer behavior, while lower levels might lead to more magazine covers."
The kicker: Insurance companies, armed with the results of your neuroD2 tests, could raise your premiums if you score as more man than mouse. Meanwhile, the next time you freak on a gnarly knife edge, "blame your heredity."
4 comments:
I wonder how long it will be before they produce a NeuroD2 pill we can take before a hike? Something that will last only 6 hours or so. You know, just enough to give us balls for the trek, and our insurance company need never know.
Yo...cool idea. How about a name for this pill like "PowerBalls." Or is that already taken? I like "Full Mettle Hack-It," actually.
How about "Youth-enizer" tablets?
Or "Testostrogenrator"
"Testi-Boost"
Good ideas for the name of the pill. Any suggestions for getting the pill in time for Chicken-out Ridge?
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