Re: [DIYbio] Designer Probiotics. Anyone interested in this?

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:11 PM, naiverahim <rahim.bamba@gmail.com> wrote:
> Recently I've been really interested in the idea of designing 'good
> bacteria' to do even more good for the gut. I've conceived of a way to
> design Bifidobacteria (with 2 genes --> 2 enzymes) to destroy fat
> before it's absorbed into the body or excreted in feces. This would be

By destroy do you mean 'turn to CO2 and heat', or turn into
non-fat/simpler carbon compounds.... non-fat may be more easily
absorbed by the body, which can
then just jump into fatty acid synthesis (consuming simple carbon
compounds are more likely to make you 'fat', than consuming fats)

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Nathan McCorkle
Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Science, Biotechnology/Bioinformatics

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