News article: Slow metabolism hindering weight loss? Genetic 'switch' may be answer

[JeanZ_RN 378]

Interesting article from FoxNews: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/04/09/new-genetic-switch-technique-may-lead-to-accelerate-metabolism/

After reading it I was curious about ASOs -- antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) technology -- so I searched for that term and found a Wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisense_therapy. Reading it I learned that ASOs are not a specific class of medications.

The whole idea sounds very promising!

[2muchfun 8,927]

I'll be deader than dog poo by the time they figure this one out but I agree, it looks promising. I'd imagine drugs will be involved?

[2muchfun 8,927]

"Ironically, a so-called “fast” metabolism is considered to be an inefficient one, Kahn noted."

Makes sense! Fast metabolizers didn't live long 25,000 years ago. Now me or even us, we ruled before 10,000 years ago. Lucky us, we developed the gene that makes us store energy so we lived longer. Yeah, lucky us

[DLCoggin 1,788]

Fascinating and promising indeed. The fact that ASO's are already FDA approved may allow them to move to clinical trials much faster than would otherwise be the case.