Researchers Enable Mice To Exhale Fat

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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[Joe Snipe]

It's called self-control.

And how do you define the "self" that is controlling? Bonus points points for defining what it is controlling.

Someone please mod the OP as the troll he really is. Clearly forethought and critical thought are in a race to the bottom with this one.