hardheadjarhead
Senior Master
Do the titles to these threads sound like "Spam" or infomercials? Both, I think.
In the gene doping thread ("Build Muscle, Lose Fat...") I mentioned a way of shedding fat that may be available to humans in the near future.
I read awhile back that with the administration of two peptides scientists were able to induce cell death in white fat cells. Obese rats lost ten percent of their weight in a matter of weeks...without dietary modifications or increased exercise. The article is below...the mouse picture might cause the same response you got with the Belgian Blue Bull in the gene doping article.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0007686A-F4AD-109B-B4AD83414B7F0000
More articles, same topic:
http://www.betterhumans.com/Errors/...Could_Treat_Obesity.Article.2004-05-11-1.aspx
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994974
Here is an article on a form of gene therapy that turns white fat cells into brown fat cells...the later burn fat, instead of storing it:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994660
The appeal of "cell death" in this case is that the total number of fat cells is reduced. The cells don't merely shrink and release their fat...they die. We were all told in eight grade health class that the number of fat cells we had were set from childhood. Perhaps not.
Regards,
Steve
In the gene doping thread ("Build Muscle, Lose Fat...") I mentioned a way of shedding fat that may be available to humans in the near future.
I read awhile back that with the administration of two peptides scientists were able to induce cell death in white fat cells. Obese rats lost ten percent of their weight in a matter of weeks...without dietary modifications or increased exercise. The article is below...the mouse picture might cause the same response you got with the Belgian Blue Bull in the gene doping article.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0007686A-F4AD-109B-B4AD83414B7F0000
More articles, same topic:
http://www.betterhumans.com/Errors/...Could_Treat_Obesity.Article.2004-05-11-1.aspx
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994974
Here is an article on a form of gene therapy that turns white fat cells into brown fat cells...the later burn fat, instead of storing it:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994660
The appeal of "cell death" in this case is that the total number of fat cells is reduced. The cells don't merely shrink and release their fat...they die. We were all told in eight grade health class that the number of fat cells we had were set from childhood. Perhaps not.
Regards,
Steve