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Enhanced physiology
Mohinder climbs a wall in the loft.
Originally held by:	Mohinder Suresh (synthetic)
Absorbed by:	Peter Petrelli
Ability to:	Possess an enhanced physiology, which includes enhanced strength, senses, and stamina.

Enhanced physiology is the ability to have a physiology that is enhanced in all aspects to superhuman levels.

Characters

• Mohinder Suresh is the first character to display this ability. (The Second Coming)
• Peter Petrelli has reproduced this ability. (A Clear and Present Danger)

Limits

Mohinder Suresh

Initial Limits

By injecting himself with a genetic modification formula, Mohinder acquired an artificially-induced ability with several effects. He initially described these abilities as being the next step in human evolution, while still remaining completely human, but has since said something has gone terribly wrong with the formula.

Mohinder first seemed to demonstrate simple enhanced strength: He crushes a gun with one hand, he jumps from a prone position to his feet, and he fights off two muggers (The Second Coming). The next day, he claims to have boundless energy and enhanced senses, balance, and stamina, can easily hang upside down, and can fall from a height and land on his feet without getting hurt. He also claims to have heightened senses, and he is able to climb a wall without any need for handholds. Later, Mohinder's ability advanced further, granting him the ability to jump great bounds, as seen when he jumps straight through a window in the top of his lab with Maya in tow (Eris Quod Sum).

His hearing was sensitive enough to hear fighting between a woman and her abusive husband in a nearby apartment that he could not hear before (I Am Become Death).

Averse Side Effects

The injection has also produced less desirable effects, due to the fact that the formula lacked the Catalyst. The second morning after the injection, Mohinder's back showed peeling, weeping sores (The Butterfly Effect). By the events of Dying of the Light, these scales have spread to his forearms. His hands began to produce a thick green slime, and his behavior became more aggressive and erratic. He snaped harshly at Maya and beat his neighbor with little provocation. He also showed an aversion to bright lights and his veins started to pulsate abnormally (The Butterfly Effect). It is not yet clear whether these symptoms were aspects of his new ability or were other side effects of the injection.

Mohinder was able to shape the slime he produced into cocoons, which he used to imprison three people. Those encased in the cocoons seemed to be almost totally paralyzed (Angels and Monsters).

Four years in the future, the effects of the formula mutated Mohinder into something barely human, forcing him to conceal himself when Peter comes to visit him. He states that he "got it wrong", implying that the formula he created was not the correct one to grant people abilities. This future version of Mohinder has an intense aversion to light and seems to have brown, scaled hands. Slime seemed to cover much of the wall in the loft (I Am Become Death).

Curing and Current Limits

Mohinder's physical deformities caused by this ability were cured when the correct version of the formula washed over him (Dual). Months later, he only displayed enhanced strength, enabling him to rip the door off of his cab and strike a man with it (A Clear and Present Danger).

Peter Petrelli

After coming in physical contact with Mohinder, Peter was able to break free of metal restraints and knock down a government agent (A Clear and Present Danger).

Selected Examples

• 
  Mohinder's ability includes the ability to hang upside down for extended periods of time without adverse effects...
  (The Butterfly Effect)
• 
  ...wall-crawling...
  (The Butterfly Effect)
• 
  ...aversion to bright light...
  (I Am Become Death)
• 
  ...scaly skin...
  (I Am Become Death)
• 
  ...strange skin secretions...
  (I Am Become Death)
• 
  ...cocooning people...
  (Angels and Monsters)
• 
  ...superhuman strength...
  (Eris Quod Sum)
• 
  ...and great leaping ability.
  (Eris Quod Sum)

Memorable Quotes

"My senses are heightened. I'm stronger, faster, more agile. I have boundless energy. I'm a new man!"

- Mohinder (The Butterfly Effect)

"I got the formula wrong. So wrong."

- Mohinder (I Am Become Death)

"The formula is transforming me, and I fear what I'm becoming."

- Mohinder, to his recorder (I Am Become Death)

Notes

• After taking the genetic modification formula, Mohinder seems to drink copious amounts of chocolate milk. (The Butterfly Effect)
• On his blog, Greg Beeman said, "Suresh displays his new 'bug-like' powers". He also said, "Suresh was to bug-crawl up the wall" and "The writers gave us [some info] about where this bug power was going."

Trivia

• According to Heroes Interactive, the scabs on Mohinder's back are actually made from colored potato chips.

See Also

• For the similar ability of deforming objects, see crumpling.
• For the similar ability of exerting superhuman strength, see enhanced strength.
• For the similar ability to have superhuman strength and senses and form cocoons, see Mohinder's ability.