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Researchers Enable Mice To Exhale Fat

Posted by Soulskill on from the americans-still-too-lazy-for-this-diet dept.

destinyland writes "UCLA researchers made a startling discovery: genetic alterations enable mice to convert fat into carbon dioxide. Mammals digest fats differently than bacteria — so researchers introduced bacteria genes into mouse livers, and 'the excess fat was literally released into thin air.' (One researcher calls it 'an unconventional idea which we borrowed from plants and bacteria.') The research potentially could help treat serious medical conditions including diabetes, heart disease — and of course, obesity."

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  1. Well... by nebaz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I inhale cheeseburgers, I guess it would only be right to exhale them too.

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    1. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      oh goodness gracious how I love that food that resembles food.

      A former mayor of Philadelphia was once asked why no one else in the country can justly replicate the famous phili cheesesteak. He replied that their doing two things wrong 1) they're using real cheese and 2) they're using real meat.

  2. Pfft, that's nothing. by fryjs · · Score: 4, Funny

    Politicians have been exhaling excrement for centuries.

  3. second-hand fat ... by BenBoy · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... just sayin'

    And yeah, I know it's CO2 ... you want a global-warming joke instead, *you* make it.

  4. Re:TEACH? by SignalFreq · · Score: 4, Funny

    Exhale fat? Great... now I'll have to worry about someone breathing second hand fat in my face...