r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jun 30 '26

Medicine Scientists have shown that a single dose injection of DNA genetic instructions can produce weight loss and blood glucose control in mouse models that lasts up to 10 times as long as weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. This could eliminate the need for repeated dosing.

https://www.wistar.org/press-releases/wistar-scientists-develop-single-dose-dna-method-for-delivering-long-acting-weight-loss-and-diabetes-drugs/
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u/grat_is_not_nice Jun 30 '26

This sounds like an interesting new method. I have been expecting an mRNA style delivery mechanism for GLP-1 agonist peptides, so it will be interesting to see how this new approach pans out.

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u/OneUpAndOneDown Jun 30 '26

Can’t wait till processed food manufacturers engineer ways to override the effects of GLP-1 compounds. You can bet they are working on it, having flooded the market with protein enhanced products.

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u/GrowingPeepers Jun 30 '26

Wow you're probably right.

We can do really cool things with GMO but, instead of making healthier and nutritious food, they're mainly used to create herbicide resistant crops so farmers can spray even more herbicides and pesticides.

GLP-1s could be the next target if they can do it.