• Lemminary@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    TL;DR: When injected intravenously, it prevents surrounding tissue damage by preventing the flood of ATP from binding to neighbor cell “death receptors”. It replaces oxidized ATP that needed to be injected directly on the injured spine and had other side effects. At one cost: temporarily turning turning your skin blue. Neat!

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      9 hours ago

      …ah yes that new Korean song is all the rage!

      A-T-P ATP ATP ATP ATP! Don’t you want me like I want you baby! Don’t you need me like I need you now!

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        7 hours ago

        Yeah! That’s what immediately came to mind when I first heard the song because in Spanish it’s APT and I used to love biochem many years ago. lol

        E: Apparently my dyslexia got the best of me and it’s also ATP in Spanish and I’m misremembering.