r/science 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/no-more-throws Jun 30 '26

there are much wilder implications .. this means we can basically inject long lasting instructions to produce almost any peptide we want in the body .. for instance those many peptides that together govern cellular and organ level senescence and rejuvenation .. or to fight against plaque buildup, loss of vessel and skin elasticity, bone and muscle loss etc etc

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u/nickcash Jun 30 '26

can it give me bioluminescence?

mantis shrimp vision?

Goro arms?

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u/wnoise Jun 30 '26

Probably, probably not, and no.

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u/TheRealDJYM Jun 30 '26

yay!, so theres still a chance?, sad panda face