Cell Metabolism Artificially Enhanced

NewScientist is reporting that Swiss researchers have shown that a cell's metabolism can be increased without altering the genetic makeup. Small plastic packages of enzymes have been successfully inserted into cells, increasing metabolism. "Meier and colleagues coated their polymer vesicles in a chemical that encouraged human white blood cells called macrophages to engulf them. The small capsules contained enzymes, just like natural organelles. The enzymes chosen produced fluorescent chemicals, signaling they were working without problems inside their new host."

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Re:What a stupid anti-fat drug this can become

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What are needed aren't more stimulants or excuses, eat for performance not for pleasure and lift your fucking ass! Why is that? A fat person who's lazy is going to consume the same amount of resources as a skinnier person who runs. How is food significantly more or less suitable for pleasure than, say, the nintendo DS you mentioned in one of your previous comments? How is it less appropriate than the internet or any other pleasurable pursuit?

What's funny is that there's plenty of food, the shortfall is mostly due to diverting the food to ethanol and feeding livestock. The biggest obstacle to feeding the poor (arguably the only obstacle) is politics and other, non-food-related problems.

Exception being people who really have some form of medical condition which make their metabolism or body not work as intended, but those people are probably very rare, if there even are any Wow. Publicly doubting that there are medical conditions that could make someone fat. What a great, insightful comment you make; you're very rational. Next time you make a comment like this, you might as well just scream about how much you hate fat people and leave the environmentalism and poor people out of it.