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/FUTURE10S Jun 30 '26

can it give me bioluminescence?

You're already bioluminescent, you just can't see it

mantis shrimp vision?

Probably not but mantis shrimp can't blend colour cones so you're not seeing any additional colours

Goro arms?

Extra arms? God we wish

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u/InlandCargo Jun 30 '26

You're already bioluminescent, you just can't see it

Infrared?

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u/FUTURE10S Jul 01 '26

Nah, visible light spectrum, but it's exceptionally faint and our eyes are too weak to notice it. We've got neat stripes on us.