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		HarHarVeryFunny 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Natural occurring molecule rivals Ozempic in weigh... I'm assuming it means occuring somewhere in nature, but then the question is where. Is there some edible plant that contains this, perhaps?

cj 4 months ago [–]

According to the article they tested tens of thousands of amino acid chain peptides and used “AI” to find this one and synthesized it.

Unless we expect that every protein combination exists somewhere in nature, this pretty much by definition isn’t naturally occurring.

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