1.   As the supply of ATP is depleted after death, two important muscle proteins, actin and myosin, become chemically locked.

2.   But during the next day and a half, the body makes glucose from amino acids stolen from muscle protein.

3.   One study, published last month, found no differences in the synthesis of muscle protein in young men who took it.

4.   Scientists have tried for several years to restore strength to the muscles of patients with muscular dystrophy by inserting genes that make dystrophin, a crucial muscle protein.

5.   The key to boosting muscle proteins is exercise, specifically weight training.

6.   The salt in brine helps break down some muscle proteins, says Corriher.

7.   The injection contained a cold virus modified to carry genes for a muscle protein Decker was missing because of a genetic flaw.

8.   Very dark urine indicates the body is breaking down muscle protein, a condition that can lead to fatal kidney damage, Otten said.

9.   DMD is a hereditary genetic disease affecting boys and which is caused by the absence of dystrophin, a muscle protein.