Does this gene make me look fat?
A gene that contributes to obesity has been identified for the first time, promising to
explain why some people easily put on weight while others with similar lifestyles stay slim.
That is the blog item. The pun in the headline — there is no more commentary, except please tell me when the gene therapy is covered by my insurance.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
If Chubb won’t cover you, you’re out of luck.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
If they do, are you a Chubbee?
April 13th, 2007 at 12:21 am
Yes. And check the headlines at foxnews.com. I think they’ve violated your copyright!
April 13th, 2007 at 12:25 am
Date stamp?!
April 13th, 2007 at 8:17 am
I wonder, if a ‘gay gene’ is found, as so many homosexual advocates are praying for, will we treat it with gene therapy too? I mean, so many of them scream and protest, “Why would we choose to be like this?” Now we can treat it like a genetic defect and get homosexuals the medical attention they need.
Heh, I wonder how well that will go over?
April 13th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Are you saying homosexuals have too much fat in their diets?
April 13th, 2007 at 10:00 am
That’s exactly what I’m saying. Yes.
April 13th, 2007 at 10:51 am
All the gene means is that you get fat more easily and you have more trouble than others getting rid of it.
But we’ve known clinically that this is true for many, many years now. Nothing I’ve said about it is even controversial among obesity researchers. Having the predisposition doesn’t guarantee you’ll get fat, nor does it mean you can do absolutely nothing about it. But it does mean once you pass a certain point it’s virtually impossible to go back to where you were.
April 13th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Fellers,
Once again, though, this has the potential to bode ill for humanity. It’s just another small but firm step on the road to designer babies.
Once we reach that step, it’s just another small step to the government mandating DNA screening and forced abortions for the non-aryan, er, those with certain genes that may pre-dispose them to certain diseases or deformations.
I detest ALL forms of DNA research. Maybe I’m a bio-luddite to a certain degree, but I firmly believe there are areas where we MUST not go, ere we place what it means to be human in abject peril.
respects,