The Next Captain America is YOU: Science Friction Ep 23

Find out how science can create real super-soldiers with enhanced strength, unbreakable bones and inexhaustible endurance. Do you have what it takes to become the next Captain America? Find out. Links to research below!

And I want to thank my good friend Tom Small for the awesome glowing green serum effect!

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How does Gene Therapy work?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-gene-therapy/

More on Gene Therapy
http://www.ama-assn.org//ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-science/genetics-molecular-medicine/current-topics/gene-therapy.page

Myostatin and Super-Strength
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/08/12/210487410/new-muscle-drugs-could-be-the-next-big-thing-in-sports-doping

Se-Jin Lee and Myostatin
http://www.jhu.edu/sejinlee/

Genetic Basis for Muscle Endurance
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2011/07/animal-study/

Unbreakable Bones
http://yalemedicine.yale.edu/autumn2002/news/findings/53806

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DhEssy3NWw