"Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have discovered a gene that when mutated causes obesity by dampening the body's ability to burn energy while leaving appetite unaffected."Here is more bad news for the morons hoping for a genetic "cure" for their overfatness.
"The findings also add new knowledge to the burgeoning field of epigenetics, in which heritable changes in gene expression or physical appearance are caused by mechanisms besides changes in the underlying DNA."Basically, epigenetics, if you believe in it, is a way for the same gene to express itself differently from person to person.
Bottom line, with 6 billion people on the planet, they ain't never gonna figure this one out during any of our lifetimes.
Bummer, eh, fatso?
"'So this gene has at least two biological functions,' Zhang said. 'One is control of spermiogenesis; the other is control of metabolism.'"Spermiogenesis, as the name implies, has to do with your ability to reproduce.
Well, fatsos, good luck with this one and hold on to your nuts.
It is going to be a bumpy ride.
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