Genetically modified bacteria or a weight loss tool

Release date: 2014-07-22

Obesity is difficult to treat with drugs, especially the serious side effects of weight-loss drugs make many drugs unpopular. In the absence of a cure, surgery can only be chosen. But what if we can tell you now that we can cultivate a harmless genetically modified bacteria and replace them with diet pills?

A group of researchers believe that it is feasible to rely on genetically modified bacteria for weight loss. They have recently successfully tested a genetically modified E. coli in mice. The weight loss effect is very obvious, and the mice that obtained the bacteria had a significant weight loss compared with those that did not.

Scientists have chosen a special E. coli and Arabidopsis plant that will alert bacteria to hormones when they are obese. This hormone is transmitted to the brain through the blood, informing the brain to suppress appetite and stop eating. These treated mice have been eating high-fat food for the past eight weeks. However, mice treated with transgenic E. coli ate less and gained less weight than those in the control group.

Eating bacteria does not affect health? The experiment found that these mice have fewer health problems, and diabetes and insulin resistance are rare. Moreover, even after stopping the experiment, these mice were still affected by these genetically modified bacteria for the next 4 to 6 weeks, keeping the slim.

Is it possible for this genetically modified bacterium to be the magic diet pills we are looking for? Perhaps it is possible that we only need to obtain this genetically modified bacterium monthly, and it has almost no side effects. However, it is still too early to say this.

Source: Technology Daily

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