“Fat genes” remembers your weight …

[Lullabytreehugger]

Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss - Nature

Stable epigenetic changes indicate the existence of an obesogenic memory in mouse adipocytes that primes cells for pathological responses in an obesogenic environment and potentially contributes to the problematic ‘yo-yo’ effect often seen with dieting.

www.nature.com

 

[clayd]

one day someone will decode the gene and edit it to remember a different number

 

[Glp1judd]

Obesogenic environment.

🙂

 

[Lullabytreehugger]

one day someone will decode the gene and edit it to remember a different number

Many diseases that have a genetic link can be erased with DNA modification techniques. Imagine diseases like diabetes, PCOS, familial high cholesterol, Alzheimer’s, certain cancers that can all be stopped dead in its tracks. However im not sure big pharma would like that as they wont be able to sell you pills anymore …