New gene that regulates body weight discovered

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 20:30 in Health & Medicine

While studying a brain protein related to the involuntary body movements that are side effects of drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia, a pharmacy professor discovered that the protein also plays a role in regulating body weight.

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