Peter Orszag, the high energy director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, recently shared some good news with political . No, it did not solve the economic problems of the country. But he learned that his genetics will not crimp a caffeine habit workweeks fuel 80 hours spent trying to erase a trillion dollar deficit.
While attending a conference, Orszag biologist Craig Venter learned that it could be tested for a genetic marker that can increase the risk of heart disease as much caffeine is consumed. Orszag, drinking large amounts of Diet Coke, went ahead with the test. Fortunately for him, it is clear. "If this test had gone the wrong way, you would not have wanted to be around me after because to give up caffeine would have been very painful," Orszag said Politico reporter Mike Allen.
The Office of Budget and Management Ltd. said Orszag was traveling today and could not provide further details, including whether there was something about her genetic predisposition to other diseases learned. But Science Insider guess he was referring to a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs762551 called that modulate a caffeine-metabolizing enzyme in the liver. Those with a "slow" version metabolize who drink several cups of coffee a day are at a higher risk of heart attacks.
23andme, the company genetic testing for consumption in Mountainview, California, rs76255 of tests as well as many other SNPs. And not just for policy wonks. National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, University psychologist Steven Pinker of Harvard, and DNA discoverer James Watson have all had a part of their genomes decoded.
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