Possible drug target for obesity treatment a no-brainer: study

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 15:56 in Health & Medicine

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have discovered a gene that when mutated causes obesity by dampening the body's ability to burn energy while leaving appetite unaffected.

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