"A new study has found the human body is more complicated than our genes suggest because of molecules called RNA.Face it, they are never going to find a genetic "cure" for your caloric irresponsibility for as long as you live.
Humans only have about as many genes as a fruit fly, and usually RNA interacts with these genes to produce the proteins that make up our bodies...
The Edinburgh scientists found that a particular type of RNA in yeast appears to have evolved to fine-tune a set of genes.
As yeast is biologically similar to plants and animals, including humans, the researchers believe it is likely that we have RNA which carries out a similar function.
Prof David Tollervey, of the School of Biological Sciences, who carried out the research, said: "Humans have around 24,000 genes, fewer than many plants and not many more than simple worms.
'But, of course, we are actually much more complex than this comparison suggests.
'Our findings suggest that RNA plays a role in adding layers of complexity to the regulation of expression of our genes.'"
Give up the hope, which is a bad action plan under the best of circumstances, and do what works.
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