DNA-PK. Remember that name.
As of this moment, there is a reward out for anyone who can get rid of that gene. Researchers at U.C. Berkeley have discovered that this gene regulates a process in the liver that turns carbs into fat.
“We hope that this research will one day help people eat bread, pasta and rice and not worry about getting fat,” Roger Wong, a graduate student who worked on the study, said in a statement.
When they bred mice with a disabled version of this gene, the mice stayed slim even when fed the equivalent of an all-you-can-eat pasta buffet.
Someone sign me up for human trials.
