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    We are administering zelanine intravenously without any inhibiting chemicals to track the rate of growth that can be achieved. 100 volunteers have signed up for the study.

Problem statement:

Zelanine is cheap and easy to produce. The effects it can achieve on reconfiguring human genetic material far outweigh the costs of production. However, it has always been administered and studied as part of a pair of genorhythmic substances -- the zelanine/anti regenerative hydroxide pair. Now that we have isolated anti regenerative hydroxide, we have discovered that unlike zelanine, it is prohibitively expensive to produce in mass quantities to become a viable profit vector. Therefore, the ability to administer zelanine alone would increase Bionicon profits and reduce the time and production costs of this medication.

    Methods and Materials:
    The 100 subjects were divided into 20 groups of 5. Placebos were not administered to any groups. Every group received different doses of pure zelanine, followed by alternate oral doses of anti regenerative hydroxide.
    Groups 1-10 were housed on floor B12. Groups 11-20 were kept on the other floors. B12 focused on strength and endurance training in a militaristic environment. The remaining subjects enjoyed a more civilian-friendly atmosphere to evaluate zelanine for OTC sales. The civilian groups mirrored the miltaristic groups, i.e. Groups 1 and 11 received the same doses, as did Groups 2 and 12, Groups 3 and 13, and so on. This was to control for the effect of environment as well as exposure to pure zelanine.

Groups 5 and 15 were also fed meat from animals raised on pure zelanine.
Groups 6 and 16 were exposed to radiation -- the theory being that the greater activity of zelanine would protect the subjects' DNA through prophylactic genetic mutation.

.50 CC of Zelanine was administered on a daily basis to all subjects. Subjects in even numbered groups were given anti regenerative hydroxide daily in 10 mg tablets. Subjects in odd numbered groups were given anti regenerative hydroxide weekly.

    Results:
    By the end of week one, the only changes observed were on floor B12. The strict workout schedule kept the subjects busy and happy and muscular changes were already observed. Also, Group 6 benefitted from the zelanine-infused meat, growing twice as fast as all other groups.

The civilian groups did not enjoy rapid results. Instead, they seemed listless and bored. Although they had many opportunities to take advantage of gym equipment, they preferred video games, television watching, and other sedentary activities. After two weeks, they began impromptu sparring matches. The members of Group 16 had to be separated out of the general population at this point, as they instigated much of the fighting.

After a month, the subjects in odd numbered groups were clearly outpacing the even numbered groups in terms of pure strength and mass. It appeared the daily doses of anti regenerative hydroxide were limiting the effects of the zelanine even when administered separately. At this time, it was decided to discontinue the use of anti regenerative hydroxide entirely.

In theory, the anti regenerative hydroxide could be administered separately as a "rescue" drug if there was an apparent zelanine imbalance in a particular subject. Subjects were chosen at random to receive megadoses of anti regenerative hydroxide to return them to their pre-study physical state. However, this late administration proved ineffective.

The lead researcher, Dr. A, recommended the study be suspended until the genetic changes in the subjects could be cured. However, subjects grew increasingly deformed and deranged. A few of the subjects were eaten. The radioactive test subjects overpowered the researchers and subjected them to megadoses of zelanine and radiation. They also irradiated other test subjects for fun. As control was lost of each group, each floor was quarantined one by one.

Groups 19 and 20 were the least enhanced by the zelanine and were used to test anti regenerative hydroxide as a cure for the mutation. It was hoped that if anti regenerative hydroxide failed as a cure, it might be usable as a mutant-killing agent. A gaseous form of anti regenerative hydroxide was pumped into their living quarters. A concentration of 600 ppm caused the mutants to succumb to an unconscious state temporarily, but no physical changes were recorded. Higher concentrations proved fatal.

    Conclusions: