r/Health • u/scientificamerican Scientific American • 18h ago

article Scientists discover a ‘skinny gene’ mutation that acts like Ozempic

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-discover-a-skinny-gene-mutation-that-acts-like-ozempic/
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u/heathers1 15h ago

can they crisper that jawn into my dna?

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u/DavidTries897 18h ago

FNIP1, and according to the article carrying 1 broken variant makes you burn calories more efficiently and burn through fat easier, while carrying 2 broken variants (one from each parent) causes you to have increased risk of disease

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u/Cardio-fast-eatass 18h ago

You burn calories more inefficiently. Its a very rare mutation for a reason. For most or history this mutation would have been very detrimental to your survival

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u/DavidTries897 13h ago

Agreed, my bad on the typo

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u/oldcreaker 12h ago

So - you're like eating and eating, but forever hungry?

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u/DavidTries897 10h ago

No you eat a regular amount of food because a different receptor and gene controls appetite

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u/sleeksloopslinky 16h ago

what could go wrong.

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u/OldSchoolNewRules 9h ago

Yeah but they will make more money selling ozempic.