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RE: Obesity and the DNA Repair Protein OGG1
You really deserve an award in communication for this one. My understanding of DNA structure is limited to a biology course I took in college years ago and to casual reading I've done since, just to educate myself. And yet, I followed this, every step. And I was engaged. I did feel sorry for the grossly obese mouse.
I wonder how pharmaceutical companies will try to exploit this--engineering a weight-loss drug that messes around with people's mitochondria. This does, however, seem like a promising area of research, if done responsibly and for the right reasons. Obesity ranks right up there with cigarettes as a health hazard.
I didn't find the article long at all. The sort of thing I'll read again.
Thanks for the kind words. While this was a post about a DNA repair protein, the subject ended up being something entirely different. Isn't biology just mysterious?
Shouldn't have drank all of those milkshakes!
Would be great if we could devise a small molecule that could affect OGG1 in such a way so as to help morbidly obese people lose weight? Obesity is such a driver for poor health outcomes, being able to tackle that would be quite beneficial. Would also reduce healthcare costs across the board.
Whats wrong with tinkering with mitochondria? :D
Great, I really need to find more time to write. I hope you will enjoy my next attempt as well :)
:)