The Isotope Effect: Bigger Than Science Ever Imagined
JoeMerchant writes:
The Isotope Effect: Bigger Than Science Ever Imagined
Traditionally, scientists believed that isotopic effects in biochemical reactions were more or less proportional to the mass difference between isotopes. For instance, a 0.5% mass difference between normal and ultralight enzymes (molecules with depleted heavy isotopes 13C, 2H, 15N, and 18O) should yield a kinetic effect of no more than 1%. However, the study reveals that the effect can be 250-300% ... depending on temperature.
Does this mean heavy water has longer lasting, if less effective, hydration action?
Can we expect Olympic athletes to be setting new records after light-carbo loading? Once the rules are updated the testing results should be incontrovertible.
The drugs, oh the wildly expensive / exclusive drugs they will make...
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