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There's a feature budget only in that there's a cost/benefit restriction for every living thing. Usually the big cost is how many calories does this gene cost v
by milesvp 10y ago
There's a feature budget only in that there's a cost/benefit restriction for every living thing. Usually the big cost is how many calories does this gene cost vs how much does this gene benefits the organism (or it's close relatives).
What's interesting about having high radiation resistance, is that I could see a cure or vaccine for cancer could be introducing (or possibly expressing) genes that cause our cells to spend a lot more calories to repair its DNA than they already do. And the skeptic in me thinks it'll probably be marketed as a diet pill :)
- Florin_Andrei 10y agoIt's gonna sell like hot cakes. "High metabolism and cures cancer? I'll take five!"
- jauffre 10y ago2,4-Dinitrophenol aka DNP sounds very similar to what you're talking about. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,4-Dinitrophenol https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,4-Dinitrophenol As I remember, the studies using DNP alongside radiation therapy showed promising results for slowing and reversing malignant cancers.