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Longer Lasting Caffeine

Posted by michael on from the good-to-the-last-drop dept.

falser writes "Caffeine addicted geeks everywhere may rejoice that scientists have discovered a protein that appears to be responsible for amplifying the caffeine buzz. It also makes the effects last longer. Just one question: how soon until we have a new generation of ultra powerful caffeine products?"

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  1. It's too big a molecule... by Peter+T+Ermit · · Score: 4, Insightful
    A 32,000-dalton protein tends to get digested rather than passing directly into the protein, so you'd have to administer it intravenously. And then it has to get past the blood-brain barrier. Even if you got it directly into the brain it's far from obvious that it would have the effect you like.

    Sorry, no Jolt++ for you.

  2. Why aren't there any caffiene patches? by kiick · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wouldn't it be really convenient to just slap on a caffiene patch in the morning and forget about it? I'm sure there are times when, for whatever reasons (medical, maybe) drinking lots of coffee/coke is not advisable. We need a patch!